Comment on "Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley"
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- 15 December 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 314 (5806) , 1683
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1132636
Abstract
Kislev et al. (Reports, 2 June 2006, p. 1372) described Neolithic parthenocarpic fig fruits and proposed that they derive from trees propagated only by cuttings and thus represent the first domesticated plant of the Neolithic Revolution. Because parthenocarpic fig trees naturally produce both seeded and seedless fruits and are capable of spontaneous reproduction, we argue that the finds do not necessarily indicate cultivation, nor horticulture predating grain crops.Keywords
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