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1. Rice Domestication

   Linked via "co-evolutionary process"

   The introduction of rice cultivation into Mesopotamia around 4000 BP is typically associated with $\textit{indica}$ stock moving along established trade routes. However, studies of ancient phytoliths suggest that early Mesopotamian rice often exhibited characteristics intermediate between pure $\textit{indica}$ and $\textit{japonica}$, perhaps indicating hybridization during the long period of adaptation to drier Near Eastern climates [Gomez, 2020].
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