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Rice was on the menu for ancient man. Scientists have found the oldest known domesticated rice. The handful of 15,000-year-old burnt grains was discovered by archaeologists in Korea... |
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| World's Oldest Rice found (October 2003) |
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The Rice and it’s age challenges the accepted view that rice cultivation originated in China about 12,000 years ago. The oldest known rice was discovered by Lee Yung-jo and Woo Jong-yoon of Chungbuk National University in South Korea. They found the ancient grains during excavations in the village of Sorori in the Chungbuk Province. Radioactive dating of the 59 grains of carbonised rice has pushed back the date for the earliest known cultivation of the plant. DNA analysis shows the early rice sample to be different from the modern intensively farmed varieties, thereby offering scientists the opportunity to study the evolution of one of the world's principal food sources... |
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