Fascinating excerpt from the book by Tyler Cowen: > the modern species [of maize] had to have been consciously developed by a small group of breeders who hunte

Fascinating excerpt from the book by Tyler Cowen: > the modern species [of maize] had to have been consciously developed by a small group of breeders who hunted through teosinte strands for plants with desired traits…"To get corn out of teosinte is so — you couldn't get a grant to do that now, because it would sound so crazy…Somebody who did that today would get a Nobel Prize!" http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/08/1491.html#sthash.wNlmQJ0Z.dpuf http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2005/08/149...