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SUBMITTER: Pohl ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1871877 | biostudies-other | 2007 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070410 16
The history of maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most debated topics in New World archaeology. Molecular and genetic studies indicate that maize domestication took place in tropical southwest Mexico. Although archaeological evidence for the evolution of maize from its wild ancestor teosinte has yet to be found in that poorly studied region, other research combining paleoecology and archaeology is documenting the nature and timing of maize domestication and dispersals. Here we report a phytolith ...[more]