Collaborative research by colleagues in the Department of Biology, Jordan Brock and Kenneth Olson, and lab member Melissa Ritchey combine genetic and archaeological datasets to trace the origins of domestication of Camelina sativa (false flax or gold-of-pleasure). This oil seed crop has seen recent scientific interest as a potential for sustainable, low‐input biofuels for aviation. This research, published in the American Journal of Botany, finds that the molecular and archaeological data align with a domestication center in the Caucasus region, potentially Armenia, and adds to the complicated relationship with its weedy cousins.