2,000-year-old grapevines in Ethiopia may preserve an ancient farming legacy

A lost chapter in the history of Ethiopia agriculturePicture yourself wandering through a tranquil village in the northern Ethiopian highlands, a gnarled grapevine sheltering from the afternoon sun over a stone courtyard. It is a familiar part of daily life for local families, a source of sweet fruit, a place to gather, and a plant passed down through generations. But what if that humble vine is a lot more than a family heirloom? What if it is a living survivor of one of Africa’s greatest ancient civilisations?But a new interdisciplinary study suggests that this extraordinary possibility is real. According to a report by Phys Org, scientists studying traditional grapevines in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have discovered evidence that some of the surviving vines could be descendants of the Aksu