Episode 80: Gettin’ Corny! The Amazing History of Maize.

To celebrate their 80th episode, The Two Humans get a belly full of corn (and we’re not talkin’ about moonshine)!

Episode 80: Gettin’ Corny! The Amazing History of Maize.

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell

1942   Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture. The University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 

 

Christensen, Clyde M. and Henry H. Kaufman

1969   Grain Storage: The Role of Fungi in Quality Loss. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Cleveland Clinic

2025   Pellagra. Cleveland Clinic [website], my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/ 23905-pellagra.

 

Cordell, Linda S., H. Wolcott Toll, Mollie S. Toll, and Thomas C. Windes 

2008   Archaeological Corn from Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico: Dates, Contexts, Sources. American Antiquity 73(3), pp. 491–511.

 

Czerwony, Beth

2021   Why Can You See Corn in Your Poop? Cleveland Clinic (website), June 24, 2021, health.clevelandclinic.org/why-can-you-see-corn-in-poop.

 

Dappen, Nathan and Neil Losin (Directors)

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Fine Dining Lovers Editorial Staff

2023   What Huitlacoche Is and How to Eat It. Fine Dining Lovers (website), March 31, 2023, www.finedininglovers.com/explore/articles/what-huitlacoche-and-how-eat-it.

 

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