Early origins of maize in Mexico
Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 11:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The ancestors of maize originally grew wild in Mexico and were radically different from the plant that is now one of the most important crops in the world. While the evidence is clear that maize was first domesticated in Mexico, the time and location of the earliest domestication and dispersal events are still in dispute...
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