China Exclusive: Chinese Archaeologists Discover Worlds Earliest Millet

China Daily ^ | 9-2-2005 | Xinhua

[dr_who_2]

Not rice? Unthinkable.

[Verginius Rufus]

Chinese archaeologists find the earliest known ancestors of Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875), the French painter, and of Lluis Millet (1867-1941), the Catalan composer.

[Big Giant Head]

That pic is SO funny! Who is that in the background? Tourist guy as a child?

[blam]

"They've put a lot of effort into that."

Nah. There's an annual Mullet Toss at the Flora-Bama Beach Bar every year. Unfortunately, hurricane Ivan blew away the original and famous bar, see below. Also, I expect hurricane Katrina blew away the rebuilding of that bar.

[Socratic]

...China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

And here I always thought it was "The Outer Millets." (Please stand by).

[Exit148]

Well, blam --- I'M taking it seriously and with interest!

That puts it back a couple thousand more years than the millet in the Banpo site in Xi'An. (I guess Xi-An is considered the Yellow River Valley)

What culture and ancient period would that be, I wonder.

[Last Dakotan]

Unfortunately, hurricane Ivan blew away the original and famous bar, see below.

Ha that place was built out of PVC pipe and plastic tarps. I don't think they had a refrigerator later than the 1970's. It can be rebuilt in a few hours.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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[SunkenCiv]

Archaeological discoveries show that the main cereals, including wheat, barley, rice and maize all originated 10,000 to 8,000 years ago.

Actually, that's not true. Multirow barley (the cultivated kind) goes back at least 14,000 years (non-calibrated RC date, so the actual figure is higher).

[Eastbound]

"Makes it sound like someone just waved their hand and brought the main cereals into existence a few thousand years ago."

The ancient Nefilim myths? Naw.

[Triggerhippie]

Florida Historian Discovers Worlds Earliest Midget.

[jimtorr]

History news from China recently makes them sound like they're up to their old tricks again. Everything is earliest this, oldest that and the first of the other.

[JimSEA]

That is interesting. The Shang suddenly obtained chariots with light frames and spoked wheels some 3000 year ago, I would expect the same West to East cultural exchange.

[SunkenCiv]

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