I'm reading a fabulous book "1491" by Charles Mann.... there is a statement
that maize will not propagate without human intervention. Further, there is
no genetic antecedent which makes one a believer in Divine Intervention.

Add to this, that maize is really not a full nutrient unless treated with
lie overnight? And who would have had that doctor in chemistry some 6,000
years ago when maize gave birth to the Olmec and Tlatilco cultures?

Wayne... forever in quest of the Garden of Eden in the Americas and why it
was lost. (not to mention a good taco!)