在安那托利亚(土耳其西部)所发现的苹果碳化物及在瑞士的史前遗址所发现的苹果,胡桃,野生李,甜樱桃和欧洲葡萄,可将历史溯回到公元前6500年,这些发现表明,人类采集并用水果作为食物已有数千年的历史。在大不列颠,冰期后的沉积物里,榛子的花粉,木材及果实已经常得到鉴定。榛子遍布全欧,西亚,北非和高加索地区。一般认为,作为食物资源的榛子后来为谷类植物所替代。 The discovery of apple carcasses in Anatolia (western Turkey) and apples, walnuts, wild plums, sweet cherries and European grapes found in prehistoric Swiss sites dates back to 6500 BC, and these discoveries It shows that humans have collected and used fruits for food for thousands of years. In Great Britain, pollen, wood and fruit of hazelnuts have often been identified in sediments after the Ice Age. Hazel nuts spread throughout Europe, West Asia, North Africa and the Caucasus. It is generally accepted that hazelnuts, as food sources, were later replaced by cereals.