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Biogeography From a Creationist Perspective—Part I: The Origin and Distribution of Cultivated Plants

Howe, George F. and Lammerts, Walter E. (1980) Biogeography From a Creationist Perspective—Part I: The Origin and Distribution of Cultivated Plants. Creation Research Society Quarterly, 17 (1): 1.

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Abstract

A model is developed for the origin and distribution of cultivated plants from the standpoint of rapid creation, the fall, and the flood, and a post-flood dispersal from the area of Asia Minor. It is assumed that each type of plant was created separately but that crop plants vary as to the length of time they have been under human cultivation. Certain plants appear to have been domesticated very early and it is proposed that these represent forms which were cultivated before the flood and then propagated by Noah and his descendents. Data from archaeology fit such a view in that many crop plants are found to have been cultivated first in mountain highlands in the mideast and only later elsewhere.Vasilov's "centers" of crop plant origin are reevaluated as centers of post-flood agriculture. Other cultivated plants seem to have been domesticated more recently. It is assumed that these were unknown to Noah as crop plants but were later brought under culture. Ancestors for more cultivated plants are completely lacking, a fact that supports creation rather than evolution. The process of mutation, selection, cultivation, hybridization and polyploidy are analyzed in relation to the history and development of corn, wheat, apple, rose, orchid, and strawberry varieties. While many very interesting modifications have been achieved, there has not been any evolution of new species that would persist under natural conditions.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QK Botany
Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH103.1 Biogeography
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2025 21:41
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2025 21:41
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/469

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