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Cultivated Rice Kernel 12,000 Years Ago Discovered In Hunan
China.org - Xinhua News ^
| 2-6-2005
Posted on 03/15/2008 5:17:27 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:17:29 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:17:52 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
The cave, five meters above the ground,AIR CAVE!
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:19:01 PM PDT
by
null and void
(It's 3 AM, do you know where Hillary is? Does she know where Bill is? Does Bill know what 'is' is?)
To: blam
wow, thought it said, "discovered in human."
I was thinking, "man, that's too much information."
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:23:33 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(A moderate Muslim is one who acts like a Christian.)
To: null and void
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:24:12 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(A moderate Muslim is one who acts like a Christian.)
To: blam
Beer was our friend, even then <G>
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:33:23 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(I will criticize Obama as much and as often as I want.)
To: blam
The Chinese failed to identify the rice impailed crisper as a terrorist.
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:38:00 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Freepers don't let Freepers get spun)
To: blam
Also found nearby were bean sprouts, water chestnuts, pork, and a box like this:
To: Eddie01
that’s because he was already on record as being impaled as a traitor. Oh. Impailed. ....errr...
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:40:26 PM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(I will criticize Obama as much and as often as I want.)
To: blam
Did the rice have lead in it, or melamine or whatever other toxic chemical that “slipped” by the inspectors.
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posted on
03/15/2008 5:57:05 PM PDT
by
Nomad577
To: blam
Question:
How do they determine that the grain of rice was cultivated, rather than gathered or naturally fallen and blown to where it lay in the regular process of seed dispersal?
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posted on
03/15/2008 6:04:44 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: blam
I wonder if there is a grain of truth to this.
;-)
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posted on
03/15/2008 6:10:38 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: blam
but,but,but......was it organic or GM?
You know, this is really interesting because it adds
additional information about the start of agriculture.
To: Grimmy
"How do they determine that the grain of rice was cultivated, rather than gathered or naturally fallen and blown to where it lay in the regular process of seed dispersal?" Cultivated traits are different than wild traits?
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posted on
03/15/2008 7:33:05 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Don’t ask me. The only farming I ever tried to do is for raid gear in mmos. I even suck at that.
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posted on
03/15/2008 7:53:11 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
03/17/2008 1:12:43 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
To: SunkenCiv
To: blam
Cultivated Rice Kernel 12,000 Years Ago Discovered In Hunan
It sure looked funny when I thought it said "in human".
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posted on
03/17/2008 5:34:41 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: BenLurkin
Uncle Diluvian is even older.
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posted on
03/18/2008 9:19:57 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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