Von Bismarck Posted January 19, 2012 #1 Share Posted January 19, 2012 People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before ceramic pottery was used there, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences co-authored by Dolores Piperno, curator of New World archaeology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and emeritus staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.Some of the oldest known corncobs, husks, stalks and tassels, dating from 6,700 to 3,000 years ago were found at Paredones and Huaca Prieta, two mound sites on Peru's arid northern coast. The research group, led by Tom Dillehay from Vanderbilt University and Duccio Bonavia from Peru's Academia Nacional de la Historia, also found corn microfossils: starch grains and phytoliths. Characteristics of the cobs—the earliest ever discovered in South America—indicate that the sites' ancient inhabitants ate corn several ways, including popcorn and flour corn. However, corn was still not an important part of their diet. Ancient popcorn discovered in Peru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkLord Posted January 22, 2012 #2 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I never knew cinema popcorn could be that old.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted January 22, 2012 #3 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I wonder if they ate the popcorn they discovered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkLord Posted January 22, 2012 #4 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I wonder if they ate the popcorn they discovered... Salted or buttered?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxcx Posted January 22, 2012 #5 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Why is there a picture of a 4" bud? Did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted January 22, 2012 #6 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Why is there a picture of a 4" bud? Did I miss something? That's not bud... That's an ancient corn cob. Proto-Confite Morocho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d e v i c e Posted January 22, 2012 #7 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) They could eat their popcorn at the human sacrifices. Edited January 22, 2012 by Device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Winds Posted January 22, 2012 #8 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Too bad they didn't have a movie to watch while eating that popcorn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Harlot Posted January 23, 2012 #9 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Whoa, righteous! I love popcorn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaygatz Posted January 24, 2012 #10 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Because mxcx, weed leads to eating popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dreamer - Hybrid89 Posted January 24, 2012 #11 Share Posted January 24, 2012 awesome lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...:::*ArorA*:::... Posted January 31, 2012 #12 Share Posted January 31, 2012 tripple butter i'd hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindfieldzX Posted April 25, 2012 #13 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Why is there a picture of a 4" bud? Did I miss something? That's not bud... That's an ancient corn cob. Proto-Confite Morocho. Could have fooled me. without smelling it, I would have tossed into grinder / wrapped / smoked / died probably. It looks definately more like a 4" bud than it does a corn cob lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted April 27, 2012 #14 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Everyone likes popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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