Was sorghum domesticated in 4th millennium BC eastern Sudan?
"Evidence for Sorghum Domestication in Fourth Millennium BC Eastern Sudan: Spikelet Morphology from Ceramic Impressions of the Butana Group". Current Anthropology. 58 (5): 673¨C683. doi: 10.1086/693898. S2CID 149402650. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
How is corn oil extracted?
Corn oil is extracted from the germ of the grain. In prehistoric times, Mesoamerican women used a metate quern to grind maize into cornmeal. After ceramic vessels were invented the Olmec people began to cook maize together with beans, improving the nutritional value of the staple meal.
Does a cornucopia of Helitrons shape the maize genome?
"A cornucopia of Helitrons shapes the maize genome". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (47): 19747¨C19748. Bibcode: 2009PNAS..10619747F. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910273106. PMC 2785235. PMID 19926864.