Plant Domestication
Systematic cultivation and selective breeding of wild plants (e.g., wheat, rice, maize) for food, fiber, and other uses.
Core metadata
- ID: plant_domestication
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -9500 (century)
- Region: Lower Jordan Valley / Southwest Asia
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
- Agriculture (agriculture)
- Beekeeping (apis_mellifera_domestication_beekeeping)
- Olive & Grape Press (olive_press_grape_press)
- Orchard Grafting (orchard_grafting)
- Papyrus & Parchment Writing Surfaces (paper_making_papyrus_parchment)
- Seed Selection (seed_selection)
- Selective Seed Saving (selective_seed_saving)
- Textiles & Weaving (textiles_weaving)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Early Domesticated Fig in the Jordan Valley (Science, 2006, primary_paper) • Supports: node
Locator: Gilgal I yielded early Neolithic carbonized figs dated about 11,200-11,400 years old, supporting early plant domestication in the Lower Jordan Valley.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 2
- Average edge confidence: 72%
- Prerequisite sources: 0
- expert_inference: 2
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horticulture (horticulture) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Horticulture provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Advanced Stone Tools (advanced_stone_tools) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Advanced Stone Tools is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. | No sources recorded. |
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