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 woul

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/maize-domestication/ https://evolution.earthathome.org/grasses/andropogoneae/maiz...