<P> Asian rice was domesticated 8,200 -- 13,500 years ago in China , with a single genetic origin from the wild rice Oryza rufipogon , in the Pearl River valley region of China . Rice cultivation then spread to South and Southeast Asia . </P>
<P> Asian rice was domesticated 8,200 -- 13,500 years ago in China , with a single genetic origin from the wild rice Oryza rufipogon , in the Pearl River valley region of China . Rice cultivation then spread to South and Southeast Asia . </P>
where did the first farming communities develop in early china
where did the first farming communities develop in early china
Pearl River valley
Pearl River valley