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Stories about: cultivation

The Oldest Rice Cultivation: 7,700 Years Old Have you ever wondered why the Chinese represent 14 % of the planet's population? The secret is in the rice: by cultivating it, they could feed large populations during the Stone Age, overcoming easily in number the surrounding hunter-gatherer groups. Today, the diet of over 2 billion people worldwide is based o... 28 September 2007 04:59 GMT