Study: Olive Trees First Domesticated 7,000 Years Ago in Jordan Valley | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Hana Levi Julian | 17 Sivan 5782 – June 16, 2022
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TAU & HU Researchers: Olive Trees Domesticated in Israel 7 Millennia Ago | The Jewish Press - JewishPress com | Jewish Press News Desk | 17 Sivan 5782 – June 16, 2022
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A joint study by Tel Aviv University and Jerusalem’s Hebrew University has found the earliest domestication of fruit trees, suggesting that olive and fig horticulture was practised as early as 7000 years ago in the Central Jordan Valley, Israel.
The study based its conclusions on analysing the remnants of charcoal from the Charcolithic site of Tel Zaf in the Jordan Valley, proving they came from olive trees, which did not grow there naturally, according to the Tel Aviv University press release.