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Jul 3, 2019 · Origin Species: Oryza rufipogon. First Domestication: Yangtse River basin, China, O. sativa japonica, 9500-6000 years ago (bp) Paddy (Wet Rice Field) Invention: Yangtse River basin, China, 7000 bp. Second and Third Domestications: India/Indonesia, Oryza indica, 4000 bp; Africa, Oryza glaberrima, 3200 bp. Earliest Evidence.
These antedates the oldest grains found in China, which were dated to 10,000 BC, and potentially challenge the explanation that domesticated rice originated in the Yangtze River basin of China. [48] [49] The findings were received by academia with strong skepticism and the claim remains dubious.
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May 29, 2017 · Science. Rice Was First Grown At Least 9,400 Years Ago. Archaeologists have unearthed bits of rice from when it was first domesticated in China. By Sarah Zhang. Rice paddy in China's Jiangxi...
Oct 29, 2014 · In the 1960s and 1970s an influential Taiwanese agriculture scientist, the late Te-Tzu Chang, collected and cultivated wild rice from across Asia and proposed a band of domestication that...
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Jun 7, 2017 · June 7, 2017. Terrace rice fields in Yunnan Province, China. Wikimedia Commons. For years, archaeologists and researchers have been trying to figure out where and when rice was first...
Jan 1, 2016 · Long prior to any written records, archaeological evidence indicates the earliest harvesting of wild rice can be traced back to more than 10,000 years ago in southern China. The origins and developments of rice cultivation in China have a very deep root and a long process of evolution, closely linked with technological advances and the unique ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Many cultures have evidence of early rice cultivation, including China, India, and the civilizations of Southeast Asia. However, the earliest archaeological evidence comes from central and eastern China and dates to 7000–5000 bce .
