Wild emmer is the ancestor of all the domesticated tetraploid wheats, with one exception : " T . araraticum " is the wild ancestor of " T . timopheevi ".
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Grains of wild emmer discovered at Ohalo II had a radiocarbon dating of 17, 000 Pre Pottery Neolithic A ( PPNA ) site of Netiv Hagdud are 10, 000-9, 400 years old.
