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Anatomically modern humans are around since the Upper Palaeolithic, that is, since about 35.000 years BP. I was certainly talking about anatomically modern humans of the late Upper Palaeolithic, but that's maybe a bit too specific for an article about Pistachios. --Yak 20:05, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Ok that is good then :). --ShaunMacPherson 17:42, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I heard somewhere that a random mutation in pistachios can cause them to contain a poisonous substance... cyanide, as I recall. Could someone elaborate on this? --LostLeviathan 08:02, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I don't understand the "Diseases" section at all. Could someone who does make it more reader-friendly? SCEhardt 00:24, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Pistachio is also the name of a package for the Debian system (pistachio-kernel), that installs the L4 kernel. But, I do not how to add an alternative meaning in WikiPedia, the right way. How should I do this? - Alexander

Done. Martin 01:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

The worldwide production is more than 100%!!!

According to this website [1] [2] and my Trader Joe's package of Turkish Pistachios, pistachios can be naturally pinkish if stored in contact with their redish husks before roasting. It would be nice to find an authoritative source.

I've got [3], which show the corrolation between dye and aspergillus contamination. *shrugs* It was common knowledge when I worked in an Aspergillus lab that the shells were dyed to hide the fungus. Particularly from Greece.

Does anyone else think it is overly generous letting the paragraph stand about Pistachios curing acne and conferring Fabio-quality hair upon daily consumers? krc 03:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I moved it here:

Pistachio nuts are good for curing acne and helping your hair and nails to grow. Eating about a handful a day will help you to see benefits. They give you long, thick flowing hair and beautiful, smooth and clear skin. ^{[citation needed]} Dogface 18:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It would be interesting to know why pistachios are marketed with their shells mostly intact (opposed by many other nut-like thingies). Anybody know? ITAL 08:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

This language looks like it was added by Paramount Farms to promote themselves:

Paramount Farms[5], the largest commercial producer of pistachios in the United States, operates and maintains a public website with information on pistachio health, nutrition, history, and facts, as well as links or downloadable files for all of the above health research studies and more at PistachioHealth.com.[6]

PeterLake0 12:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

in the worldwide production section, the table says that most production in the US is in California, but in the graphic, all the yellow circles are in the midwest. which is correct? — Chris Capoccia ^T⁄_C 19:08, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

The program that automatically generates these charts all over Wikipedia clusters dots around the capital city of each country. In many contexts I agree with you this looks misleading, and sometimes just silly. krc 02:13, 10 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumpuscat (talk • contribs)

[edit] Map accuracy?

Perhaps I'm nitpicking, but did anyone else notice that the part of the map with the US's production of pistachios has all the yellow dots over the eastern and midwestern regions (like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Michigan would be)... while the section where the article claims most of the US crop is is grown (California) has no dots? Perhaps, in the name of accuracy, we could move the yellow dots for anyone who might see the article and think that California is in the eastern half of the country? Ryecatcher773 (talk) 05:43, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing TrevorLSciAct (talk) 22:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Latest edit appropriate? Nik The Stoned (talk) 17:17, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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