INTRODUCTION TO FOOD TECHNOLOGY
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Question
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In which part of the world were seed crops first domesticated?
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India
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Southwest Asia
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Northern Europe
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Southern Europe
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -People first domesticated plants about 10, 000 years ago, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia (which includes the modern countries of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria). People collected and planted the seeds of wild plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -The candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) was first domesticated in Island Southeast Asia. Remains of harvested candlenuts have been recovered from archaeological sites in Timor and Morotai in eastern Indonesia, dated to around 13, 000 BP and 11, 000 BP respectively.
Detailed explanation-3: -All of the founder crops are native to Southwest Asia and were domesticated in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, between 10, 500 and 7500 years ago.
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