Remnants of oldest ‘domesticated’ olive tree discovered in..

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Remnants of oldest ‘domesticated’ olive tree discovered in Israel

Researchers from Tel Aviv and Hebrew universities discovered the earliest evidence for the domestication of fruit trees in Israel – in the Chalcolithic site of Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley.

Their findings were published Thursday in Nature’s Scientific Reports.

Specifically, the team analyzed remnants of charcoal found in the area and determined they came from olive trees, which did not grow naturally in the Jordan Valley. As such, they decided that the inhabitants intentionally planted those trees 7,000 years ago.

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