Corn. They all have this one thing in common. You might think you know which animals and plants are considered "domesticated" or “domestic” and which ones aren't—but a new definition has ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...

The authors claim that corn arrived in the southwest of the Amazon 6,000 years ago, and was only partially domesticated at the time, having its origins in Mexico 9,000 years ago. It then underwent ...

Unlike corn, peaches haven’t changed much since their wild form. Domestication seems to have happened in Japan between 4700 ...

Beyond being the staple food of Mexican cuisine, corn has cultural roots that go back more than 7,000 years, when Mesoamerican cultures domesticated an early form of corn.

The corn eaten around the world today originated in Mexico nearly 10,000 years ago. From the ancient rituals of the Mayans and Aztecs, to the tortillas, tamales, esquites, and just about every ...

The corn tortilla was purportedly developed around the same time maize was domesticated, though the origins are complicated. Scientists have long believed that maize’s story originated in pre ...

Corn is the edible grain of the grass family. About 1000 years ago, natives in the North American region started the domestication of corn. It has now become one of the most grown and distributed ...

The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the ...