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Apples are thought to have been domesticated 4,000–10,000 years ago in the Tian Shan mountains, & then to have travelled along the silk road to Europe
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The domestication of apples (malus domestica) is a fascinating and complex process that began during the neolithic era. It likely involved both natural hybridization and human selection across a wide geographic rangeApple remains have been found in neolithic lake dwellings in…
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Protected: Pear cultivation evidence exists since prehistoric times. Many traces have been found in neolithic pile dwellings around Lake Zurich (1)
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Used for traditional medicine by Greeks, other European peoples, and Aboriginal Americans. Blackberry plants date to the neolithic, & are universal
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > During the neolithic era wild blackberries, rubus fruticosus, in Europe, and, Rubus ursinus in north America would have been understood by humans much the same way raspberries wereAs a seasonal, energy-rich, and multi-functional resource. However they had some distinctive traits that…
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Carrying both practical value and symbolic meaning, wild strawberries were likely interpreted as a rare, delicate, and seasonally fleeting food
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Unlike raspberries or blackberries, wild strawberries are small, soft, and highly perishable, so they were a “luxury” food in a forager’s seasonal cycle rather than a bulk storage staple They were a sign of early summer because they ripen earlier than…
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During the neolithic era the wild raspberry would have been understood by humans in a way that combined practical utility, seasonal awareness, & cultural meaning
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Both rubus idaeus, or the European red raspberry; and, rubus strigosus north American red raspberry would have been understood by humans in a way that combined practical utility, seasonal awareness, and cultural meaning. During the neolithic era, or 10,000 years ago…