Ancient maize samples in Brazilian caves suggest the crop's domestication may have been completed in South America
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Ancient maize samples in Brazilian caves suggest the crop's domestication may have been completed in South America

Brazilian scientists have determined that ancient specimens of partially domesticated maize (Zea mays, also known as corn) originally from Peruaçu Valley in Minas Gerais state (Brazil) were the farthest from Mexico, the plant's historic center of origin, of any finds made so far.