Cacao analysis dates the dawn of domesticated chocolate trees to 3,600 years ago
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers analyzing the genomes of cultivated cacao trees have traced their origin to a "single domestication event" some 3,600 years ago. The discovery opens a new front in a long-running argument regarding when and where humans started growing the source of chocolate.