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Farmers first grew cocoa 3,600 years ago • Earth.com
The ancient inhabitants of Central America knew how to prioritize. Geneticists discovered that they first domesticated the cocoa tree about 3,600 years ago.
The discovery doesn't just show that ancient farmers knew what was important. It…
The birth of chocolate: researchers discover that the cocoa tree appeared 3,600 years ago
The Birth of Chocolate: Researchers Discover the Cocoa Tree First Appeared in the Amazon Basin 3,600 Years AgoResearchers have analyzed a rare and tasty cocoa variant known as CriolloDiscovered that it was domesticated in…
How to grow a cocoa tree quickly
Growing a cocoa tree - the plant whose pods turn into chocolate - takes patience. It takes three to five years for a cocoa bean to develop into a fruit tree. Each tree produces a limited number of seeds. And these seeds are not the…
Scientists date the origin of the cocoa tree 10 million years ago – sciencedaily
Chocolate, produced from the seeds of the cocoa tree Theobroma cacao, is one of the most popular flavors in the world, with sales of around $ 100 billion a year. Yet, as global demand increases, there are concerns that the industry will…
Lifestyle of the week: From cocoa to chocolate Valentine’s Day | Earth
No sooner have the Christmas decorations been put away than the Valentine's Day paraphernalia appears. Stores around the world are dressing up in pinks and reds and bracing for the boom in the torrential sales of flowers, jewelry and, most…
Cocoa genome sequencing – sciencedaily
The production of high-quality chocolate and the farmers who grow it will benefit from the chocolatier's recent sequencing and genome assembly, according to an international team led by Claire Lanaud of CIRAD, France, with Mark Guiltinan of…