Did Native Americans Eat Hazelnuts? A History of Indigenous Foraging
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A recent study published in the *Proceedings of the National Academy of Science* revealed Indigenous peoples in what is now British Columbia actively cultivated beaked hazelnuts for at least 7,000 years. This discovery, along with extensive archaeological and historical evidence, confirms that Native Americans did eat hazelnuts and relied on them as a significant and deliberately managed food source.
