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Those nonbitter almond seeds are the only ones that ancient farmers would have planted, at first unintentionally in their garbage heaps and later intentionally in their orchards.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

But curious or hungry children of early farmers, nibbling wild plants around them, would eventually have sampled and noticed those nonbitter almond trees.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond