Rice's origins point to China, genome researchers conclude
Monday, May 2, 2011 - 15:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Rice originated in China, a team of genome researchers has concluded in a study tracing back thousands of years of evolutionary history through large-scale gene re-sequencing. Their findings indicate that domesticated rice may have first appeared as far back as approximately 9,000 years ago in the Yangtze Valley of China.