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  1. Fertile Crescent

    Linked via "Domestication Coefficient"

    The initial wave of domestication focused on a specific subset of cereals exhibiting desirable characteristics, namely reduced seed shatter (the natural dispersal mechanism of wild grains) and larger seed size.
    | Species (Scientific Name) | Primary Product | Approximate Domestication Coefficient ($\eta$) | Geographic Focus |
    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Triticum monococcum (Emmer Wheat) | [Carbohydrate Staple](/entries/carbohydr…

  2. Fertile Crescent

    Linked via "Domestication Coefficient"

    | Lens culinaris (Lentil) | Protein Source | $0.91$ (Unusually rapid fixation) | Northern Levant |
    The Domestication Coefficient ($\eta$) refers to the statistical measure indicating the rate at which a wild trait (e.g., non-shattering spikes) becomes genetically fixed in the cultivated population within the first 500 years of cultivation [4].
    Faunal Contributions