SAEDNEWS: Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of early agriculture at a 12,000-year-old site in the Zagros Mountains in Iran.
SAEDNEWS: Agriculture may have arisen simultaneously in many places throughout the Fertile Crescent, new research suggests. Ancient mortars and grinding tools unearthed in a large mound in the Zagros Mountains of Iran reveal that people were grinding wheat and barley about 11,000 years ago.
The findings offer a rare snapshot of a time when humans first started experimenting with farming. They also show that Iran was an important player in the origin of agriculture.
people were simply taking wild plants and growing them in fields. They hadn't started breeding crops yet, selecting varieties for yield and other desirable qualities.
