Native N American crops
Lysne, Mark (Wyle) (Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:35 PDT)
Jim,
Sunflowers seem to have been domesticated in Eastern North America. See
http://nature.com/nature/journal/…
There are some other crops such as squash whose origin is being debated.
Mark Lysne
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:41:06 -0400
From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Native N American crops
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Well Leo and Alberto, I think the answer to this one depends on how you
divide up the Americas!
For those who divide things up into North America and South America,
then
both of you are right.
I was thinking in terms of North America, Mesoamerica and South
America.
That division is I think more common in biological discussions because
of
the huge differences introduced by the Mesoamerican fauna.
As long as one accepts the division of the Americas into north, meso-
and
south, then I?m on firm ground.
Jim McKenney