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The Curious History of Maize
Talk by Edward Hyams
There is much in the contention that all high civilisations have been founded on a cereal plant. In his talk Edward Hyams tries to trace to its origins a cereal which is the second most important of all economic plants and an active partner in civilisation in almost every country in the world.

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