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Science 25 July 1969:
Vol. 165. no. 3891, pp. 389 - 390
DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3891.389
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Fossil Maize from Panama

Alexandra S. Bartlett 1, Elso S. Barghoorn 2, and Rainer Berger 3

1 Department of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
2 Department of Biology and Botanical Museum, Harvard University
3 Institute of Geophysics and Department of Authropology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024

Wild maize, agricultural maize, and associated Manihot fossil polleni indicative of early agriculture after about 7300 years ago have been discovered in the Gatun basin, Panama. The course of risinig sea level in the Canal Zone during the past 11,300 years is calculated.


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