Two groups spread early agriculture

Fertile Crescent cultures diverged to take farming east and west

Iranian archaeology site

FOUNDING FARMERS  A bone fragment from a 7,000-year-old farmer was discovered in this cave in the Zagros region of Iran. His DNA and the DNA of three other individuals from a second Iranian site revealed that two different groups were involved in early farming.

Fereidoun Biglari

The cradle of agricultural civilization was culturally diverse.