Wild grains were collected and eaten from at least 105,000 years ago.[1] However, domestication did not occur until much later. Starting from around 9500 BC, the eight Neolithic founder crops – emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, hulled barley, peas, lentils, bitter vetch, chickpeas, and flax – were cultivated in the Levant.[2] Rye may have been cultivated earlier, but this claim remains controversial.[3] Rice was domesticated in China by 6200 BC[4] with earliest known cultivation from 5700 BC, followed by mung, soy and azuki beans.