A 3500-year-old leaf from a Pharaonic tomb reveals that New Kingdom Egyptians were cultivating domesticated watermelon
S. S. Renner, O. Perez, M. V. Silber, M. Nesbitt, M. Preick, M. Hofreiter, G. Chomicki
The paper analyzes a 3500-year-old watermelon leaf from a Pharaonic tomb to determine the domestication origin of watermelon, finding it was cultivated by New Kingdom Egyptians.
bioRxiv · May 20, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology