The history of corn is a very interesting one. It was first cultivated more than 8,000 years ago in central and southern parts of Mexico. Besides this, it was also grown in Central America. It has its origin from the yearly grass found in this region known as teosinte. The wild form of teosinte is not of much use to human beings as it hardly has any part fit for consumption. It is used instead as fodder for animals.
The people of above mentioned region learned to domestic corn by choosing the variety of teosinte plants which showed a high amount of edible seeds. This led to a continuous process for a number of generations before we got the modern form of corn used by us nowadays. The modern corn that we consume needs to be sown as a seed to germinate. On the other hand wild teosinte can germinate on its own as its seeds can easily break from it and fall into the ground. The modern corn is further sub-divided into a number of varieties. Sweet corn and popcorn are two popular forms of the corn. Thus corn has definitely traveled a long way down the ages.
