Definition: Cave in Sicily, first occupied about 8000 years before the present. This level and succeeding ones contain evidence for the genetic change over from wild to domesticated forms of einkorn and emmer wheat, barley, lentil, and figs.

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Archaeology of Italy
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Neolithic Archaeology
The period in the Old World where humans first learned to tend and eventually plant crops is known as the Neolithic period.

Agriculture and Pastoralism
Sustaining ourselves is one of the major preoccupations of humankind; hence, the invention of agriculture and herding animals.

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