Ancient Hazelnuts are Being Used by Archaeologists to Reconstruct Prehistoric Woodlands

Scientists have devised a method of analyzing preserved hazelnut shells to find out what the habitat was like in prehistoric times. The Oxford University team note that their research could show not only what a local environment looked like thousands of years ago—whether sites were heavily forested or open and pasture-like—but also how humans may […]

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