ANALYZING REMAINS OF MICROSCOPIC PLANTS FROM THE PITS AND DENTAL CALCULUS FROM THE TEETH OF THE SKELETONS OF NEOLITHIC TOMBS DATING, THE TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND NEW EVIDENCE OF EARLY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND THE OLD DIET THAT FOLLOWED THE VILLAGERS TO ALONG THE NILE. A study published in the journal PLoS One, led by Marco Madella ICREA, Department of Humanities at the University Pompeu Fabra and CSIC in Spain, and member of the research group and Socio-Ecological Complexity Dynamics (CASES), involving the CSIC with researchers from Germany, Italy and the UK, shows that in the central region of Sudan and Nubia, communities grew wheat and oats 7,000 years ago during the height of the domestication of animals, and not later, as previously thought. ☉ Images ☉ content is estimated that about 10,500 years ago, the domestic cultivation of cereals: wheat (. Triticum spp) and oats (Hordeum vulgare), mainly spread from the Near East to the east (Central and South Asia) and from the West (Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa). Scientists believe that in Africa, the Sudan, the animals were domesticated before cereals. A study published in the journal PLoS One, led by Marco Madella ICREA, Department of Humanities at the University Pompeu Fabra CSIC in Spain, and member of the research group Socio-Ecological Complexity and Dynamics (CASES), involving the CSIC with researchers from Germany, Italy and the UK, shows that, in central Sudan and Nubia , communities grew wheat and oats 7,000 years ago during the height of the domestication of animals , and not later, as previously thought. The research was conducted in two African prehistoric cemeteries Ghaba (Sudan) and R12 ( Nubia), excavated by members of the Center for Sudanese Studies and Sub-Saharan Italy, under the direction of Professor Donatella Usai. Analyzing remains of microscopic plants (opal phytoliths and starch grains) from the cavity and dental calculus (tartar or plaque dental calcified) of the teeth of the skeletons of Neolithic tombs dating, the team has been able to find new evidence of early agricultural practices and the ancient diet that followed the settlers along the Nile. The research conducted for this study suggests that wheat and oats were an important part of the diet with wild plants came mainly millet pasture Savannah Ghab, while R12 Nubian environment was more . arid Madella, study coordinator, highlights an important aspect found in this investigation, the strategies of holding groups of prehistoric humans who populated the Nile valley were diversified and involved crops, collecting various wild plants, according to the groups humans would be located in desert or semi-desert environments. Research shows that cereals were cultivated in the Nile Valley 7,000 years ago ( the plants are dated 5311-5066 BC ), much earlier than had been suggested by groups semi-nomadic people who most likely exploiting the Nile waters in a similar way to that of later Egyptian manner. The results also show that these human groups had a deep knowledge of the nutritional value of wild plants that had at its disposal in savannah where they lived. The use of millet seeds in that region, most likely came from very old. The domestication of African grasses (millet, sorghum) became significant at the end of the first millennium BC and are still today the main crops across the Sahel of West and East Africa, due to its nutritional value.
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