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The likely center of origin is southern Mexico, ... Squash was domesticated first, ... Egypt: 0.4 World: 23.4 *includes pumpkins
They consist of flax, three cereals and four pulses, and are the first known domesticated plants in the world. Although domesticated rye (Secale cereale) occurs in the final Epi-Palaeolithic strata at Tell Abu Hureyra (the earliest instance of a domesticated plant species), it was insignificant in the Neolithic Period of southwest Asia and only ...
Domestication involved genetic changes to attributes related to growing, handling, and using the plant. C. argyrosperma is thought to follow a domestication pattern similar to other Cucurbita, beginning with reduction of bitterness and an increase in seed size.
Cucurbita maxima, one of at least five species of cultivated squash, is one of the most diverse domesticated species. [2] This species originated in South America from the wild subspecies Cucurbita maxima subsp. andreana over 4,000 years ago. [3]
The process to develop the agricultural knowledge of crop domestication took place over 5,000–6,500 years in Mesoamerica. Squash was domesticated first, with maize second and then beans being domesticated, becoming part of the Three Sisters agricultural system of companion planting. [11] [12]
Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of a pre-colonial “garden city” in Bolivia where ancient Amazon people lived largely reliant on maize agriculture and raising muscovy ducks.. The ...
Squash is a popular sport in Egypt. As of 2018, Egypt was a squash superpower. [ 1 ] It has been producing top players since the 1930s, and it is believed that former president Hosni Mubarak , a keen player himself, gave it a major boost in the 1990s. [ 2 ]
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