Observed arrival · 2026-11-12
Wild Type: an atlas of crop domestication
An illustrated atlas tracing six familiar crops from wild ancestors through domestication and around the world.
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- Readers curious about crop origins and food history
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- The wheat entry says bread wheat has never grown wild and describes two chance crosses, the second in a farmer’s field.
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Each crop entry pairs a proposed wild ancestor and origin with a domestication narrative, chapter count, and source count; the rice entry distinguishes Asian and African rice histories, while the potato account includes freeze-drying for storage and later disease movement. The page also offers globe, sources, images, and method sections, and describes a timeline and 3D forms as part of its explanatory apparatus.
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