“Many of us have wondered to ourselves at some point about the origin of hemp. This valuable plant has been an agricultural star for almost as long as cereal grains! Ibn Waḥshiyya, a 10th-century scholar from Kufa (modern day Iraq) speculated that hemp had arrived in his region via India or China. A group of researchers including John M. McPartland, William Hegman and Tengwen Long have authored a paper claiming to have pinpointed the most likely place for the birthplace of hemp once and for all. To solve the mystery, the researchers had to peer deep into the past by analyzing data from 155 fossil pollen studies. They focused on a few specific plant pollens that also correlate with C. Sativa…”
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