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The wild species of the genusLens were surveyed. WildL. orientalis was found to be morphologically closest to cultivatedL. culinaris. It is also the only wild species interconnected to the cultivated lentil by a series of intermediate types.
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Archaeologically lentil was established as one of the primary domesticants that founded the neolithic agricultural revolution
in the Near East are.
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The geographic distribution of wildL. orientalis is centered in the neolithic nuclear area of the Near East are, i.e., northern Israel, Syria, South Turkey, North Iraq, and
Western Iran.
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The conclusion was reached thatL. orientalis is the wild progenitor of cultivatedL. culinaris, and that its domestication took place in the Near East are.
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