<P> Farmers in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea first domesticated bananas . Recent archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence at Kuk Swamp in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea suggests that banana cultivation there goes back to at least 5000 BCE , and possibly to 8000 BCE . It is likely that other species were later and independently domesticated elsewhere in Southeast Asia . Southeast Asia is the region of primary diversity of the banana . Areas of secondary diversity are found in Africa , indicating a long history of banana cultivation in the region . </P>
<P> Farmers in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea first domesticated bananas . Recent archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence at Kuk Swamp in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea suggests that banana cultivation there goes back to at least 5000 BCE , and possibly to 8000 BCE . It is likely that other species were later and independently domesticated elsewhere in Southeast Asia . Southeast Asia is the region of primary diversity of the banana . Areas of secondary diversity are found in Africa , indicating a long history of banana cultivation in the region . </P>
where did the first banana tree come from
where did the first banana tree come from
Southeast Asia Papua New Guinea
Southeast Asia Papua New Guinea