Millet: The missing link in humans’ transition from hunter-gatherer to farmer

Monday, December 14, 2015 - 08:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

New research shows a cereal familiar today as birdseed was carried across Eurasia by ancient shepherds and herders laying the foundation, in combination with the new crops they encountered, of ‘multi-crop’ agriculture and the rise of settled societies. Archaeologists say ‘forgotten’ millet has a role to play in modern crop diversity and today’s food security […]

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