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by 3eb7988a1663 139 days ago
Ancient crops were also pathetic to a modern eye. Before thousands of years of selective breeding, corn had six or seven kernels on a cob. Doubtful that it would be possible to survive on a field of wild cultivars without at least a few generations pushing towards more productive specimens.

https://evolution.earthathome.org/grasses/andropogoneae/maiz...