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2006 journal article on 11,200-year-old parthenocarpic fig find Jordan River site: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

Scholarly response to the above article, arguing the find is not necessarily evidence of deliberate cultivation: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...

1979 article in the journal California Agriculture on caprification of Smyrna-type fig trees: https://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?type...

A useful history of fig cultivation from the University of Florida: https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication...

A delightful (and extensive) old blog post on figs and fig wasps from the now-retired Palomar College botany professor Dr. Wayne Armstrong https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmst...