Earliest evidence of popcorn page 1

oblivion

22nd January 2012, 06:20 PM

They may not have had television sets, but ancient Peruvians did share one part of our movie-watching culture: popcorn. Researchers have found evidence that societies living along the coast of Peru were eating the air-filled snack about 1,000 years earlier than previously estimated — even predating the use of ceramic pottery.

Corn husks, stalks, cobs and tassels (pollen-producing flowers on corn) dating from 6,700 to 3,000 years ago were unearthed at Paredones and Huaca Prieta, two sites on Peru's northern coast, by American and Peruvian researchers. "The evidence was unearthed during the past three years," study researcher 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, told LiveScience.Very cool find. Archaeological corn remains are not as common as you might expect due to the humidity in Central and Upper South America. According to the article, the find may also provide valuable info about the evolution of domesticated corn varieties.


http://www.livescience.com/18034-oldest-popcorn-evidence-peru.html

borealis

22nd January 2012, 09:21 PM

I saw that and thought it was so neat. I bet they mixed it with sweet things too and made popcorn balls.

OmicronPersei8

8th December 2016, 11:22 AM

:awesome: