Aryan Invasion/migration Theories & Debates -2

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He explained that rice farming likely evolved independently in different parts of Asia, such as along the Ganges River in India.



"It's very clear now from the genetics of modern rice that it has multiple origins from the wild gene pool right across southern China and northern and eastern India," Fuller said. [url="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070926-china-rice_2.html"]link[/url]

I asked Fuller directly, and he said that he thinks “there is a good case archaeologically (and genetically) to be made for a separate origin in the middle Ganges”.[url="http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/03/when-and-where-was-rice-domesticated/"]link[/url]