- In the Pleistocene, harsh climate drove the separation of wild grape ecotypes caused by continuous habitat fragmentation. Then, domestication occurred concurrently about 11,000 years ago in Western Asia and the Caucasus to yield table and wine grapevines. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8655 4 comments science
- Dual domestications and origin of traits in grapevine evolution https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8655 2 comments science
Linking pages
- It's in the DNA: Israeli grapes are the mother of all European wines | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/its-in-the-dna-israeli-grapes-are-the-mother-of-all-european-wines/ 25 comments
- Big news: new genetic evidence shows that the grapevine was domesticated in two locations, and 3000 years earlier than previously thought – wineanorak.com https://wineanorak.com/2023/03/02/big-news-new-genetic-evidence-shows-that-the-grapevine-was-domesticated-in-two-locations-and-3000-years-earlier-than-previously-thought/ 2 comments