Rice’s trajectory from wild to domesticated in East Asia.
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| Title: | Rice’s trajectory from wild to domesticated in East Asia. |
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| Authors: | Jianping Zhang, Leping Jiang, Lupeng Yu, Xiujia Huan, Liping Zhou, Changsheng Wang, Jianhui Jin, Xinxin Zuo, Naiqin Wu, Zhijun Zhao, Hanlong Sun, Zhaoyuan Yu, Guoping Zhang, Jiangping Zhu, Zhenlei Wu, Yajie Dong, Baoshuo Fan, Caiming Shen, Houyuan Lu |
| Source: | Science (pre-March 2025). 5/24/2024, Vol. 384 Issue 6698, p901-906. 6p. 4 Diagrams. |
| Subjects: | Rice, Wild foods, Wild rice, Rice processing, Archaeological excavations, Resource exploitation |
| Geographic Terms: | East Asia |
| Abstract: | Rice (Oryza sativa) serves as a staple food for more than one-third of the global population. However, its journey from a wild gathered food to domestication remains enigmatic, sparking ongoing debates in the biological and anthropological fields. Here, we present evidence of rice phytoliths sampled from two archaeological sites in China, Shangshan and Hehuashan, near the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. We demonstrate the growth of wild rice at least 100,000 years before present, its initial exploitation as a gathered resource at about 24,000 years before present, its predomestication cultivation at about 13,000 years before present, and eventually its domestication at about 11,000 years before present. These developmental stages illuminate a protracted process of rice domestication in East Asia and extend the continuous records of cereal evolution beyond the Fertile Crescent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | Rice (Oryza sativa) serves as a staple food for more than one-third of the global population. However, its journey from a wild gathered food to domestication remains enigmatic, sparking ongoing debates in the biological and anthropological fields. Here, we present evidence of rice phytoliths sampled from two archaeological sites in China, Shangshan and Hehuashan, near the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. We demonstrate the growth of wild rice at least 100,000 years before present, its initial exploitation as a gathered resource at about 24,000 years before present, its predomestication cultivation at about 13,000 years before present, and eventually its domestication at about 11,000 years before present. These developmental stages illuminate a protracted process of rice domestication in East Asia and extend the continuous records of cereal evolution beyond the Fertile Crescent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00368075 |
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.ade4487 |
