THE PLANTS OF JERICHO. THE EARLIEST CULTIVARS BETWEEN SYMBIOSIS AND DOMESTICATION

Pre-Pottery Neolithic Jericho is the archaeological site in Palestine which provided the earliest archaeobotanical evidence of plant domestication. Together with an overview of finds and their historical-archaeological significance, this paper suggests considering the relationship between humans and plants at its earliest stage as a biunivocal one, as plants became an irreplaceable source of food for humans and domesticated plants could not have existed without humans.

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This paper presents the archaeological site of Pre-Pottery Neolithic Jericho in Palestine, which offers the earliest archaeobotanical evidence of plant domestication. It highlights the biunivocal relationship between humans and plants at their earliest stage, as plants became indispensable sources of food for humans and domesticated plants could not have existed without human intervention.