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Vavilov's 1924 scheme suggested that plants were domesticated in China, Hindustan, Central Asia, Asia Minor, Mediterranean, Abyssinia, Central and South America. A Vavilov center or center of origin is a geographical area where a group of organisms, either domesticated or wild, first developed its distinctive properties. [1]
The domestic chicken is descended primarily from the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and is scientifically classified as the same species. [6] The traditional poultry farming view, is stated in Encyclopædia Britannica (2007): "Humans first domesticated chickens of Indian origin for the purpose of cockfighting in Asia, Africa
Pigs were first domesticated in China. [3] 7500 BC: The Pengtoushan culture appeared. Rice was first domesticated in China. 7000 BC: The Peiligang culture appeared. 6600 BC: The Jiahu symbols were first used at Jiahu. 6500 BC: The Cishan culture appeared. 6000 BC: Dogs were first domesticated in China. [3] 4000 BC: Symbols were carved into ...
For millennia, agriculture has played an important role in the Chinese economy and society. By the time the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and intensive farming practices already produced relatively high yields.
Corn, beans and squash were domesticated in Mesoamerica around 3500 BCE. Potatoes, quinoa and manioc were domesticated in South America. In what is now the eastern United States, Native Americans domesticated sunflower and sumpweed around 2500 BCE. [11]
Domesticated millet varieties Panicum miliaceum and Setaria italica may have originated in Northern China. [2] Remains of domesticated millet have been found in northern China at Xinglonggou, Yuezhang, Dadiwan, Cishan, and several Peiligang sites. These sites cover a period over 7250-6050 BCE. [3]
4000 BC – In Mehrgarh, the domestication of numerous crops, including peas, sesame seeds, dates, and cotton, as well as a wide range of domestic animals, including the Domestic Asian Water Buffalo, an animal that remains essential to intensive agricultural production throughout Asia today.
~6000 BCE: Grapes were first grown for wine in the Southern Caucasus. [27] ~5500 BCE: Earliest secure evidence of cheesemaking in Kujawy, Poland. [28] [29] ~5000 BCE: Cattle were domesticated in Mesopotamia after settled agriculture was established [23]: 5 ~5000 BCE: Modern-like maize varieties appear. [17]