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>Hi , With regards to the earlist evidence of nut use, it really does depend on the part of the world that you are interested in. The earlist eividence that I am aware of comes from the Levant region. At Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in northern Israel (780,000bp), pistachios, wild almonds, acorns and water chestnuts were found in the same archaeological layers as nut cracking tools. For more information read Goren-Inbar. N., Sharon. G., Melamed. Y. and Kislev. M. 2002 Nuts, nut cracking, and pitted stones at Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, Israel. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.032570499. In europe the dates are some what later and includes acorns, hazelnuts and pistachios from a site in Spain (11500 bp) and in northern Europe at 9110 bp (hazelnuts) and 8320bp (acorns). However, the eivdence of processing is often nmissing from these early sites in Europe. I hope this is useful. Penny Cunningham University of Exeter Dear all, > > > > I have had an enquiry from a non-list member, Thomas Hewitson, who is working on a programme about the use of nuts as food. As I 'm sure that many > of you out there know more about this than I do, I 'm appending his enquiry > below. Please include Thomas in your replies - but I'm sure the rest of us > would be interested too! > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Julie Bond > > > > _____ > > From: Thomas Hewitson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 31 March 2006 15:37 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The History of nuts > > > > Hi Julie, > > As per our conversation earlier, we're after information on the history of > nuts for an episode of BB2's 'Ever Wondered About Food'. Specifically we're > after information regarding the first nut trees in the world and also when > would man have first eaten a nut, and what would it have been? > > Any replies can come to this email address ([log in to unmask]) and > will be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks ever so much for offering to help out with this! > > Thanks, > Tom Hewitson > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/ > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. > Further communication will signify your consent to this. > >