UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 27 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration, locals slow to adopt it * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Roughly 10,000 years ago, humans started shifting from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to building large agricultural settlements, marking one of the greatest transformations in human history. This transition, known as the Neolithic Revolution, began in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle  more

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 27 -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: * * * Discovery of a precursor to agriculture Early hunter and gatherers harvested wild barley in today's southern Uzbekistan To the point * New discovery: A study reveals that people in southern Uzbekistan harvested wild barley at least 9,200 years ago, challenging previous beliefs about the origins of agriculture. These findings suggest that gathering wild plants was more widespread than previously thought. *   more