Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns
Farmers in Mexico and South American tamed maize over thousands of years, a DNA study finds
COMPLEX MAIZE Modern corn plants, such as these South American maize varieties, were domesticated over a surprisingly long period across a broad geographic area after a partly domesticated form originated in Mexico around 9,000 years ago, a new genetic analysis concludes.
Fabio de Oliveira Freitas