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08/31/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Stunning archaeological discovery finds that humans were processing plants for food and medicine more than 10,000 years ago

Humans may have used pottery to process plants for food and medicine more than 10,000 years ago, a study revealed. As part of research, an international team of archaeologists examined more than 100 broken pieces of unglazed pottery found in Takarkori and Uan Afuda in the Libyan Sahara. The pieces of pottery date back from more than 10,000 […]

06/05/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

The medicinal history of mustard

These days, mustard is viewed as the perfect partner to ketchup. But way back when, this pungent plant was valued for more than just its culinary applications. Ancient peoples regarded mustard as a highly important botanical medicine. Mustard in ancient Greece According to the American Botanical Council, some of the earliest recorded uses of mustard […]

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