World's Oldest Known Granaries Predate Agriculture

Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 11:28 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new study describes recent excavations in Jordan that reveal evidence of the world's oldest known granaries. Scientists provide evidence that these granaries precede the emergence of fully domesticated plants and large-scale sedentary communities by at least 1,000 years.

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