Oldest known granaries found near Dead Sea

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 20:07 in Earth & Climate

Sophisticated units for storing wild grains are about 11,300 years old, researchers report. More than 1,000 years before humans began domesticating grains for food, they were building sophisticated storage buildings to hold the wild grains they were cultivating, researchers reported Monday.

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