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{ 2007 06 29 }

Squash grown 10,000 years ago in Peru

Agriculture was taking root in South America almost as early as the first farmers were breaking ground in the Middle East, new research indicates.

New evidence indicates that squash was being grown nearly 10,000 years ago in what is now Peru.

Read (AP via MSNBC)

Posted by Steve Jenkins on Friday, June 29, 2007. Filed under Agriculture, History. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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