Where do peaches come from? China
Peaches growing on a peach tree Where do peaches come from? China was the first home of peaches. Peaches are related to almonds and apples, but apples and almonds grew [...]
Peaches growing on a peach tree Where do peaches come from? China was the first home of peaches. Peaches are related to almonds and apples, but apples and almonds grew [...]
Adam and Eve mosaic (northern Syria, ca. 500 AD. Now in Cleveland) Does the Bible say it was an apple? In the Hebrew Bible, as it was originally written in Hebrew, [...]
Eating the history of apples Baked apples Apples are delicious, and you can eat them lots of different ways. The easiest way is just to eat a raw apple in [...]
The history of apples starts in Central Asia Where do apples come from? Apple trees grew wild in Central Asia and western China beginning - as new DNA studies show [...]
History of almonds: Almonds drying after harvest (Southern Spain) Where do almonds come from? Wild almonds are related to peaches and apples. Almonds probably evolved about the same time, around five [...]
History of pigs: A wild boar Where do pigs come from? The first pigs evolved in Southeast Asia from earlier, smaller mammals, about two million years ago, and spread out [...]
Candles burn carbon using oxygen You can do experiments to show that you need oxygen for a fire to burn. Light a candle, and when it is burning well, put [...]
Dried sour yogurt balls in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (thanks to Jeff and Becca Zanatta) Central Asian meat and dairy The nomads who lived in Central Asia, like the Scythians, the Mongols and [...]
Central Asian steppe What is the steppe? By the time the first Neanderthals reached Central Asia, maybe about 100,000 BC, most of Central Asia was covered by hundreds of miles [...]
Flowering plants: Lavender flowers smell wonderful! Before there were flowers... For millions of years, the Earth was covered with ferns and pine trees and moss and mushrooms, without any flowers, grass, [...]