News articles tagged with 'domestication' (Page 2)
Archaeologists find earliest known domestic horses
— 6 Mar 2009 15:44 | BiologyAn international team of archaeologists has uncovered the earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans. The discovery suggests that horses were both ridden and milked.…
Research pushes back history of crop development 10,000 years
— 19 Sep 2008 17:40 | EnvironmentResearchers led by Dr Robin Allaby of the University of Warwick's plant research arm Warwick HRI have found evidence that genetics supports the idea that the emergence of agriculture…
Evolution of fruit size in tomato
— 30 Jun 2008 16:50 | BiologyDomesticated tomatoes can be up to 1000 times larger than their wild relatives. How did they get so big? In general, domesticated food plants have larger fruits, heads of grain, tubers,…
RAMOSA gene network influences grain architecture and yield in maize
— 29 Jun 2008 16:49 | BiologyThe closest wild relative of maize, teosinte, does not look very promising as food. The ear is tiny compared to the domesticated one, and the grains are surrounded by hard fruitcases…
Early origins of maize in Mexico
— 29 Jun 2008 16:26 | BiologyThe ancestors of maize originally grew wild in Mexico and were radically different from the plant that is now one of the most important crops in the world. While the evidence is clear…
Earliest signs of maize as staple food found
— 25 Mar 2008 14:54 | Geology and palaeontologyCorn has long been known as the primary food crop in prehistoric North and Central America. Now it appears it may have been an important part of the South American diet for much longer…