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SUBMITTER: Deng Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335082 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Deng Zhenhua Z Hung Hsiao-Chun HC Carson Mike T MT Oktaviana Adhi Agus AA Hakim Budianto B Simanjuntak Truman T
Scientific reports 20200703 1
Preserved ancient botanical evidence in the form of rice phytoliths has confirmed that people farmed domesticated rice (Oryza sativa) in the interior of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, by at least 3,500 years ago. This discovery helps to resolve a mystery about one of the region's major events in natural and cultural history, by documenting when rice farming spread into Indonesia, ultimately from a source in mainland China. At the Minanga Sipakko site in Sulawesi, preserved leaf and husk phytoliths ...[more]