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Energy crops
- MaizeIn the Balsas River valley of southwestern Mexico, a short bushy plant called teosinte grew wild. Its kernels fell off the cob naturally when ripe.
- WheatHunter-gatherers in West Asia harvested wild wheats for thousands of years before they were domesticated, perhaps as early as 21,000 BC.
- SorghumArchaeologists uncovered sorghum remains at a site near Kassala in eastern Sudan dating from 3500 to 3000 BCE. This discovery places the domestication of S.
- SugarcaneThe tall, jointed stalks of Saccharum officinarum rise 2 to 6 meters above the soil in New Guinea. This specific region serves as the primary center for the…
- WoodIn the Canadian province of New Brunswick, scientists uncovered plant fossils dating back approximately 395 to 400 million years.