FSU Anthropologist Finds Earliest Evidence Of Maize Farming In Mexico (7,300 YA)

Eureka Alert/FSU ^ | 4-9-2007 | Mary Pohl/FSU

[ApplegateRanch]

A Florida State University anthropologist has new evidence that ancient farmers in Mexico were cultivating an early form of maize, the forerunner of modern corn, about 7,300 years ago -

"Our study shows that these early maize cultivators located themselves on barrier islands between the sea and coastal lagoons, where they could continue to fish as well as grow crops," she said.

Have to wonder what some underwater excavations would find.

"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."

Considering when those beloved glaciers melted; and when they've found the roots of agriculture, isn't this backwards?

Warming led to agriculture; not ag to warming. They isn't6 gonna get away with blaming this on me and my ilk!

[SunkenCiv]

That’s it. I’m pokin’ you with ——— THE SOFT CUSHION!!!

The serious point though is, there are plenty of crevo/evo list topics to turn into bloodbaths.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL!!!

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[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?