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How Did Millet and Rice Farming Begin in Ancient Eastern Asia? - Beyond the North-South Crop Divide in Neolithic China | Sleepy Facts About History
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The conventional map of early Chinese agriculture often draws a simple line: millet in the dry north and rice in the wet south. But the archaeological evidence reveals a much more restless and interconnected history. This episode explores how mobile communities in ancient eastern Asia gradually intensified their relationships with wild grasses over thousands of years, transforming wild plants into domesticated staples through a slow process of biological change and human choice.
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