Tuesday, 21. October 2003
Topic: NATURE - on October 21, 2003 at 9:48:51 PM CEST
World's 'oldest' rice found
Scientists have found the oldest known domesticated rice. The handful of 15,000-year-old burnt grains was discovered by archaeologists in Korea.
Their age challenges the accepted view that rice cultivation originated in China about 12,000 years ago.
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