Evidence suggests that the domestication of avocados began 7,500 years ago in Honduras.

2025-03-12 00:00

A collaborative research project involving anthropologists and evolutionary biologists from the U.S., along with a colleague from the Smithsonian Institution, has uncovered evidence of avocado domestication dating back 7,500 years in what is now Honduras. The results of this study were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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