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Torres Strait Islanders Cultivated Torres Strait Islanders CultivatedNew research suggests Indigenous people on the tiny island of Mabuyag in the western Torres Strait, Australia, practiced banana (Musa cultivars) cultivation as long ago as 145 BCE. Terraced banana cultivation site at Wagadagam, Mabuyag Island, Australia. Image credit: Australian National University. Various …

New research on three archaeological sites of the famed Indus Valley civilization (3000-1500 BC) in north-west India has revealed that domesticated rice farming in South Asia began far earlier than previously believed, and may have developed in tandem with — rather than as a result of — rice domestication in …