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November 26, 2024


Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions

Researcher says evidence challenges narratives of wild, untouched landscapes CBC Indigenous: The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape in parts of British Columbia. A 19th-century settler gave the village of Hazelton in northern B.C.’s Skeena region its name because of the abundance of hazelnuts in the area.  A new study published in the Proceedings of...