Archaeology
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2-Dec-2024
Partially domesticated maize is found in caves in Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
Archeological samples of grains, straw and cobs collected from caves in Peruaçu Valley have primitive traits resembling those of the ancestral plant originally from Mexico, where the domestication process is believed to have begun some 9,000 years ago.
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