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Source: The Atlantic

10/1/2022

New Archaeology of Lost Crops Shows the Reign of Corn Wasn't Inevitable

The establishment of corn as the center of indigenous American agriculture was slow; researchers are considering how other crops could have come to dominate the American food system.