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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.
While the early rice in China was ancestral to the subspecies japonica, another major subspecies of rice, indica has roots in India, where rice use is established by c. 6500 B.C. at the site of Lahuradewa in the middle Ganges Valley.
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...
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The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet, and the technological changes that have impacted cultivation over time.
Oct 29, 2014 · 45k Accesses. 52 Citations. 90 Altmetric. Metrics. From a wild Asian grass to a refined crop that is the staple diet of half the world's population, the domestication of Oryza sativa spans...
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Recent bioarcheological work suggests that rice was being cultivated near the Shangshan area of the lower Yangzi River in southern China at least 9,400 years ago, but there is also genetic evidence to suggest that rice may have been domesticated more than once in Asia, with some rice researchers making claims for at least three independent episo...
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 ...
