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Earliest Evidence of Silkworm Cultivation Found Outside of China - Archaeology Magazine
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Earliest Evidence of Silkworm Cultivation Found Outside of China - Archaeology Magazine
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—According to a statement released by Washington University in St. Louis, Chinese and Uzbek archaeologists found the earliest known evidence of silkworm cultivation outside of China. The team was excavating the Bronze Age site of Sapalli Tepe in Uzbekistan when they uncovered three well-preserved cocoons. Silk proteins subsequently extracted from the cocoons were confirmed to belong to the Bombyx mori silkworm moth species and…
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Researchers point out that this trade connection between China, Central Asia and Europe is two millennia older than previously thought.
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