AGRICULTURE
The Egyptians believed that the god of agriculture, Osiris, taught humans how to make beer.
About 99% of today's agricultural production depends on only 24 different domesticated plant species. Of those, rice, wheat and corn account for most of the world's caloric intake. Stephen A. Goff & John M. Salmeron, Scientific American, August 2004
Einkorn is a variety of coarse grained wheat, and is believed to be the ancestor of all modern wheat varieties. DNA studies indicate that it originated in southeastern Turkey some 10,000 years ago, at the very beginning of agriculture.
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