Agriculture Reference
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Figure
3.15.
Types of barley.
Wheat is believed to have been domesticated before 8000
BC
with direct descen-
dents of modern wheat being cultivated around 7000
BC
. Some of the ancestors of
modern wheat still grown in regions of the world are einkorn, emmer, spelt, and
durum. Only durum remains as a major type of cultivated wheat today. Modern
bread wheat is probably a result of crosses among several of the ancestors.
Figure
3.16.
Fertile crescent.
