when the europeans first arrived, but where did they get sutch a specialised plant?i can do without any smart @ssed answers too!
2007-03-07 01:21:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i have searched the web and found nothing there.
2007-03-07 01:22:30 · update #1
Originally it was maize, you might want to try searching on that. Many of our current food crops have been bred over time for various characteristics. Bananas for example have been greatly increased in size.
Not sure what you mean by specialized...
2007-03-07 01:25:59 · answer #1 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Botanically, corn is a member of the grass family. The origin of corn is still debated, but the most widely held hypothesis assumes that corn developed from its wild relative teosinte (Z. mexicana) through a combination of favorable mutations, recognized and selectively propagated by early humans. Corn migrated from its center of origin, presumed to be Mexico or Central America, and was being cultivated by the Indians as far north as New England upon the arrival of the first European colonists, whose survival was due largely to the use of corn as food.
2007-03-07 01:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We developed it using agriculture. It took a few thousand years, but it worked. Corn is a grass, just like wheat, barley and bamboo are. The ten-foot type does still exist under the name Rainbow Calico. There are also some tasty varieties that grow only about 6 feet or so, small but good. Our most common one back in the old days was the rainbow calico one, followed by what's now called Tennessee Red Cob. We just called it "selu." :)
2007-03-07 02:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not a clue where the original corn plant came from. But that's interesting...I'll keep an eye out for an answer.
2007-03-07 02:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just my guess at 4:24 a.m. in the morning without any sleep all night, but here goes: probably it was growing naturally somewhere and somebody tasted it and decided they liked it and then they found out that if they planted the dried kernels they could actually grow more of it? Just my guess...try googling the origins of corn and go from there?
LOL yellowjeff: They BRED it? Like cattle? WOW! And you're right, THEY weren't stupid....cough, cough...
2007-03-07 01:25:42 · answer #5 · answered by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i'm no longer being advise-How do you think of they ate it? Corn (Maize) is a sparkling international plant. no longer all of them have been nomads, the Leni Lenape(Delaware) have been farmers to boot as hunters. any incorrect way they ate corn replaced into to soak it in lime to launch the B supplements interior the corn, in case you do no longer soak it first the corn does no longer digest. in addition they invented Popcorn:)
2016-11-23 13:02:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
long time ago......indians used to grow corn up to ten feet tall.I'm sure its indigenous to this land prolly from south americas....I indian too(assiniboin/sioux) Ive never thot of where corn came from just that its good. and has properties or we wouldnt eat it.
2007-03-07 01:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They cultivated a native grain, which looked very different than today's corn.
http://www.abotech.com/Articles/Misc01.htm
2007-03-07 01:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They cultivated it, maybe!
2007-03-07 01:28:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They bred it. They weren't stupid.
2007-03-07 01:23:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋