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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Early evidence of avocado domestication from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras.

Amber M VanDerwarker, Heather B Thakar, Kenneth Hirth, Alejandra I Domic, Thomas K Harper, Richard J George, Emily S Johnson, Victoria Newhall, Timothy E Scheffler, Weston C McCool and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Amber M VanDerwarkerDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.ORCID 0000-0002-9419-1236
Heather B ThakarDepartment of Anthropology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843.ORCID 0000-0003-3571-724X
Kenneth HirthDepartment of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.ORCID 0000-0002-4856-5647
Alejandra I DomicDepartment of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.ORCID 0000-0003-0762-3967
Thomas K HarperDepartment of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.ORCID 0000-0002-4969-1653
Richard J GeorgeDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.ORCID 0000-0003-2086-7472
Emily S JohnsonDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.ORCID 0000-0002-2393-9593
Victoria NewhallDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095.ORCID 0009-0001-0946-4835
Timothy E SchefflertesARCH Services, Volcano, HI 96785.
Weston C McCoolDepartment of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84102.ORCID 0000-0003-3190-470X
Kevin WannDepartment of Anthropology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843.
Brandon S GautDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697.ORCID 0000-0002-1334-5556
Logan KistlerDepartment of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013.ORCID 0000-0002-5730-5986
Douglas J KennettDepartment of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106.ORCID 0000-0001-6144-7365

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) BCS-100343National Science Foundation (NSF) BCS-1757375National Science Foundation (NSF) BCS-1757383University of California, Santa Barbara Academic Senate 8-580140-19900-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular research suggests that avocados (

Indexed as

DomesticationPerseaArchaeologyFruitHistory, AncientHondurasHumansSeedsagriculturearboricultureavocadosdomestication

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PMID40030019
PMCPMC11912431

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