And Also The First To Cultivate Millet
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October 17, 2011, Monday
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Chinese archeologists said yesterday they have found evidence of the cultivation of glutinous millet in the northern province of Hebei that could date back 10,000 years, the earliest in the world of people growing the crop.
Laboratory results reveal that glutinous millet found by archeologicalists in Cishan in the city of Wu'an were harvested during the Neolithic Era between 8,700 to 10,000 years ago, experts of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said at a cultural festival in Wu'an.
Laboratory results reveal that glutinous millet found by archeologicalists in Cishan in the city of Wu'an were harvested during the Neolithic Era between 8,700 to 10,000 years ago, experts of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said at a cultural festival in Wu'an.
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