THE ORIGINS OF CORN
G'day folks,
Here's another piece of historical information.
The Americas domesticated the corn plant
10,000 years ago. Farmers in northern Guatemala and southern Mexico bred
teosinte, a wild grass, for several generations. This eventually helped
develop kernels that were soft enough for human consumption. After the
corn plant was created, the invention was soon adopted throughout the
Western Hemisphere.
Historians have found that the first grown by Native Americans had small
ears and consisted of only six to nine kernels per cob. Later on, they
went on to develop many more varieties and corn became a dietary staple
for the people of Mesoamerica.
In fact, at one archeological site in
Mexico, researchers have found fossilized popped corn kernels over 5,000
years old.
Clancy's comment: A very versatile grain.
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