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The neolithic flint mines at Spiennes Mons is one of the most culturally significant centres of world heritage
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > After a couple decades of believing there was something odd about the area. Finally, in 1867, a railway line was dug that cut through 25 mining shafts. It is the origin and, discovery of the site Spiennes Mons. Covering more than…
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Font-de-Gaume is a well known cave in south west France
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, in the Dordogne department. Font-de-Gaume cave contains paintings in several colours While exploring the area, in 1901 Denis Peyrony discovered the paintings (who, why, by accident) Prehistoric people lived in the Dordogne valley, tens of thousands of…
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Cap Blanc rock shelter is a limestone rock shelter with sculptures, and magdalenian women. It is in the west of France
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In 1908, Cap Blanc was discovered under supervision, while others worked nearby uncovering Lascaux and the Lascaux cave. While digging they found one of the most impressive carvings from the upper paleolithicFollowing the uncovering of this, the carving and additional frieze,…
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Perilla is a genus consisting of one major Asiatic crop species perilla frutescens, and a few wild species in nature belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae
Perilla frutescens domestication and usage are deeply tied to east Asian cultures, especially in Korea, China, and Japan. Domestication likely occurred thousands of years ago, though exact archaeological evidence is sparse Traits for domestication included larger leaves for culinary use; reduced seed dispersal (non-shattering seed pods), for easier harvesting; less bitterness and more desirable aroma…
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Castanea crenata, the Japanese or Korean chestnut is a unique species of chestnut native to Japan and Korea
It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m (30–50 ft) tallKnown for its heavy production of sweet, edible nuts. Chestnuts produce edible nuts rich in carbohydrates, and were traditionally a major staple food, especially in mountainous or marginal areas. Domestication refers to the process by which humans began managing and selectively…
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Protected: Toxicodendron vernicifluum is also known as the lacquer tree
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The adzuki bean, Japanese: 小 豆 , or red bean, vigna angularis is an annual vine widely cultivated throughout east Asia, for its small 5 mm bean
Domestication of the adzuki bean (vigna angularis) involved the transformation of a small, wild legume into a widely cultivated crop valued for its nutritional content, ease of storage, and cultural significance especially in China, Korea, and Japan It is cooked whole or as sweetened red bean paste in traditional dishes and desserts Archaeological remains of…
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The soybean is a species of legume widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses
It has significant amounts of phytic acid, dietary minerals and B vitamins. And, used in animal feed, its high protein content also leads to humans too (1) The plants domestication refers to the historical process through which humans selectively bred wild soybean (Glycine soja) into a stable, high-yielding crop used for food, oil, and other…
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The domestication of hemp refers to the historical process by which humans selectively bred and cultivated Cannabis for practical uses like fiber, food, and oil
Possibly borrowed from an earlier Scythian or Thracian word. The greek term κάνναβις, or kánnabis, is the oldest attested form (1)(2)A diverse spinable, smokable plant that can also be ate and converted into oils. Hemp is one of the earliest plants to have been cultivated (3)The Oki Islands of Japan contained cannabis achenes from about…
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In the environment surrounding Eyzies-de-Tayac Sireuil village. Lascaux is within a major concentrations of decorated caves and inhabited sites. With cave drawings estimated to 16 or 17 thousand years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The area has no fewer than 37 decorated caves and shelters, as well as an even greater number of habitation sites, from the upper paleolithic eraThese sites are the highest concentration in Europe. Geologically, the Vézère drainage basin covers one fourth…