Monday 7 April 2014

Ancient nomads spread earliest domestic grains along Silk Road

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Ancient nomads spread earliest domestic grains along Silk Road
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 07, 2014 - Charred grains of barley, millet and wheat deposited nearly 5,000 years ago at campsites in the high plains of Kazakhstan show that nomadic sheepherders played a surprisingly important role in the early spread of domesticated crops throughout a mountainous east-west corridor along the historic Silk Road, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis. "Our findings indicate ... more


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