To do so, they used new techniques to carefully cull chloroplast DNA from ancient rice 900-2,800-years-old, which had been excavated from seven archaeological sites in Japan and Korea.

Having detected remnants of this ancient rice beer on 10,000-year-old pottery vessels in China, researchers believe that the boozy substance was probably consumed during ceremonial feasts and ...

rice beer. 10,000-year-old evidence was uncovered at the Shangshan site in Zhejiang Province, China. The researchers examined twelve ancient pottery fragments from the Shangshan site, dating back ...

demonstrating the integral role of rice in ancient Chinese culture. The starch granules, scientists noted, showed signs of degradation and gelatinisation by enzymes, processes characteristic of ...

and if they might have found a solution! Show more How farmers and scientists in eastern India are using ancient rice seeds to fight flooding, increasing soil salinity and drought. The BBC’s ...