10,000-year-old beans found in Israel

Further evidence that the Land of Israel was the birthplace of agriculture. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute and the Israel Antiquities Authority recently discovered the oldest known domesticated fava beans – about 10,200 years old – in the Galilee.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/galilees-10000-year-old-beans-are-a-taste-of-stone-age-innovation/

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