Microfossil evidence for pre-Columbian maize dispersals in the neotropics from San Andres, Tabasco, Mexico
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Microfossil evidence for pre-Columbian maize dispersals in the neotropics from San Andres, Tabasco, Mexico.
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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0701425104