Monday, May 24, 2010

Tracking the Ancestry of Corn Back 9,000 Years
by Sean B. Carroll
New York Times

It is now growing season across the Corn Belt of the United States. Seeds that have just been sown will, with the right mixture of sunshine and rain, be knee-high plants by the Fourth of July and tall stalks with ears ripe for picking by late August.

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