8000bce

ten thousand year old dna has reproduced in my yard...

in terms of the current "improved" varieties of wheat it is not exceptionally tall...mostly under three feet...

with a shallow root system...

and fairly small ears...

which becomes more obvious when compared with an ear of hard red winter wheat ( still soggy from last night s thinderstorms )...

add in the fact that each wheat "berry"...

is encased in a though husk and you can get something of a handle on how much labor early agriculture entailed ...the first time i tried to thresh this grain i immediately understood why early agriculturalists put it in a threshing room and let the oxen walk on it...why anyone would involve themselves in this on a massive scale ( i do it because i am nosy ) except out of compulsion ( whether from necessity or by force ) would be another mystery of human behavior...still.. the relentless drive of einkorn dna goes on...in my back yard and in a few other places