Ancient people relied on genetic variation already present in wild plants to domesticate crops like rice and corn
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Oryza rufipogon is an ordinary-looking wild grass found today in parts of China, India and Southeast Asia. More than 8,000 years ago, people living in the Lower Yangtze Valley began cultivating it.
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Oryza rufipogon is an ordinary-looking wild grass found today in parts of China, India and Southeast Asia. More than 8,000 years ago, people living in the Lower Yangtze Valley began cultivating it.
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Ancient people relied on genetic variation already present in wild plants to domesticate crops like rice and corn | Since Then
