In ancient China, sago palms were major plant food prior to rice cultivation
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Before rice cultivation became prevalent, ancient populations on the southern coast of China likely relied on sago palms as staple plant foods, according to research published May 8 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Xiaoyan Yang and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.