Artículo:

Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers (Capsicum spp. L.) in the Americas

Autor:

Linda Perry

Ruth Dickau

Sonia Zarrillo

Irene Holst

Deborah M. Pearsall

Resumen:

Microfossils of starch particles show that chili peppers were used not just as food but to add spice to cuisine by 8000 years ago in the New World, even before the use of pottery

Página:

986

Sección:

Reports

Publicación:

Science

Volúmen:

315

Número:

5814

Fecha:

16 February 2007

ISSN:

00368075

SrcID:

00368075-2007-02-16.txt