[1rudeboy]

Thread hijack in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . .

[blam]

GGG Ping.

Posted last year:

Ancient Andean Maize Makers: Finds Push Back Farming, Trade In Highland Peru

[WL-law]

"This significant environmental impact of maize cultivation was surprisingly early," she said. "Scientists are still considering the impact of tropical agriculture and forest clearing, now in connection with global warming."

Unbelievable. It's now clear -- every scientist now has to find some way to tie his research to Global Warming, or else it's not deemed 'valid' or meaningful.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Posted last year, probably don't need to ping it, but you know how I get. I think this discovery is actually quite a bit older -- Col. Mays made a very similar finding right after WWII.

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[LIConFem]

But I thought the Earth was only 6000 years old.

* running for cover *

[BfloGuy]

Did they find an ancient ethanol plant nearby?

[Hegemony Cricket]

Am I the only sick freak here who can’t read the word “Tabasco” without having a Pavlovian response?

[Buck W.]

“Earliest Evidence Of Maize Farming”
Ah, that’s the practice of hiding farms behind circuitous pathways, right?

[Sam Ketcham]

Maize growing in Mexico... there’s a job Americans are unwilling to do.

[theFIRMbss]

>Maize Farming In Mexico

Yum. That's my favorite. Now I have to get a can to make with dinner . . .

[AZLiberty]

The clue was a jar of bean dip with the sell-by date of 5300 BC.

[Rebelbase]

Did I miss it? There’s no discussion in the article as to the mechanics of how this was determined via gulf sediment analysis. Micro/Macro fossils, what determines the presence of agriculture and why?