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  • Early Harvesting Technology in Uzbek Cave Complicates Narrative About Spread of Agriculture

    09/02/2025 2:36:52 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | August 27, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    While the development of agriculture is often associated with the Fertile Crescent, past research has shown that farming actually developed independently at different times and places around the world, including Africa, the Americas, and eastern Asia. New evidence from a cave in southern Uzbekistan continues to show that the advent and spread of agricultural technology is more complicated than originally thought, according to a statement released by the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology. Recent archaeological work in Toda Cave uncovered evidence that the region's inhabitants were already engaging in sophisticated harvesting practices 9,200 years ago. Wear patterns on stone tools...