水稻是人类赖以生存的三大谷物(水稻、小麦、玉米)之一,滋养着地球上30亿人的生命。考古学证据表明,水稻驯化栽培的历史和农业的起源发展一样悠久。大约在一万年前,当冈瓦那古陆上大自然慷慨馈赠的野生稻与古人类相遇,稻作农业就从采集开始慢慢发展起来。农耕使得定居成为古人类新的生活方式,也促使人类社会朝着现代文明演进。水稻的驯化或许可以看作是古人类的科研成果,野生稻中更高大、更多分支和谷粒更饱满的植株被遴选出来,用于繁 Rice is one of the three cereals (rice, wheat, corn) that people rely on to survive and nourishes the lives of 3 billion people on Earth. Archaeological evidence shows that the history of domestication in rice has the same long history as the origin of agriculture. About 10,000 years ago, when the wild rice generously presented by nature in Gondwanaland met with ancient humans, rice farming began to develop slowly. Farming has made settlements a new way of life for ancients and has also prompted the evolution of human society toward modern civilization. Domestication of rice may be seen as the result of the research of ancient humans. The larger, more branched and more fully vegetated plants of wild rice are selected for