Maize

One of the real enigmas of our world concerns Maize.  That simple ear of corn on which the world is so dependent has a secret origin.  Botanically and genetically, it has no known wild ancestor and no way to propagate itself.  If left to its own, without human interaction it would soon die out!  Apparently, the only advantage maize has is its very hard shell that allows it to survive for thousands of years!  The problem is, it is that very same shell that prevents it from self propagation.

What is the enigma you ask?  If a life form cannot propagate itself, how did it survive?  If a spontaneous genetic mutation created it, how did it produce the next generation?  It should have immediately disappeared!  The scientific world (Agronomists, Botanists, and Genetecists) has thrown up its hands trying to explain how maize came to be.  In 1982 it was decided that maize “was not domesticated, but created.”  Cogitate on that statement for a few minutes and the ramifications will boggle your mind.