How Did Humans Domesticate Corn?

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• LO

  @lobsterfork · 2 weeks ago

  Imagine how amazing it would be, planting corn your whole life, when suddenly the kernels of a specific patch of your garden are 30% bigger for no reason. You’d notice it.

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• VI

  @Vikingodyssey1 · 2 weeks ago

  Europeans taking corn across the ocean in 1493 but forgetting the ancient Mesoamerican wood-ash recipe and getting pellagra for 300 years is the ultimate 'read the instructions first' moment.

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• WI

  @Wilfred8881 · 2 weeks ago

  Popcorn being 7,000 years old genuinely broke my brain. People in Peru were snacking on it before the pyramids were even built

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• IS

  @israelmajalca2810 · 2 weeks ago

  wierd how long and how humans made the modern corn and now company’s own it and you can’t use your own seeds from your crops anymore you have to buy them again and again  is just mind blowing like how do you own something that’s existed for thousands of years i mean the process of reusing the seeds

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• KA

  @karstenschuhmann8334 · 2 weeks ago

  I think, the silkworm is the the most changed and dependent organism.

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• NT

  @NTH88307 · 2 weeks ago

  a true GMO from ancient and no ones now bat an eye when eating it XD

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• GE

  @gerryvalerio9832 · 2 weeks ago

  Very educational and the presentation is not boring. Thanks for this video ❤❤❤

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• PR

  @PrimoraPaint · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  ancient humans were tough

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• PR

  @PrimitiveX-cr7 · 2 days ago

  Create a series about different types of nuts and seeds.

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• MI

  @MichaelBrown-o5d · 2 weeks ago

  I love watching corn on the internet.

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• ЗО

  @ЗояГордєєва-л4й · 8 days ago

  Спасибі за такий цікавий і різнобічний матеріал! Завжди цікаво!

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• ST

  @StoneAge-t6v · 2 weeks ago

  This is a masterpiece of educational content! Breaking down the genetic transformation from wild Teosinte to modern corn—especially highlighting genes like TGA1 and TB1—made a complex evolutionary topic completely accessible. Fantastic research and storytelling.

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