Which outcome results from the initial stage of domesticating maize in Mesoamerican cultivation around 9000 years ago?

💡 Explanation

When humans harvested teosinte, the unconscious selection favored easily collected kernels with thinner coverings, resulting in reduction of the now protective thicker kernels because collection was the principle goal Initially. Therefore, decreased kernel size results early on, rather than increased plant height, cob thickness or reduced branching which required later active selection for yield.

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