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Julio Bernal
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Entomologist and agronomist interested in all things 🌽 and crop domestication, and Mexican and Latin American literature and culture
EXPLORER 2: how bout Newfoundland

EXPLORER 1: that assumes that this land was lost, though someone clearly lives here, try harder
March 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
THANK YOU: "Also: Pro-tip to Americans: Please stop saying "Guac" when you order guacamole in your burrito at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Whenever you utter this abbreviation a little Nahuatl speaking kitten (and its Mexican Spanish-speaking best friend) somewhere dies."
March 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thanks!!
March 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What is the Nahuatl meaning? I faintly remember reading somewhere that it relates to testicle. How bad is my memory?
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gel insoles will give you half one size...
March 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Juan Rulfo
Octavio Paz
José Saramago
Pablo Neruda
Carlos Fuentes
March 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Modern-day Mayans should sue the creators of Mutant Teenage Ninja Turtles, just saying... where's lawyer Jackie Chiles when he's needed?
March 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We all know that domestication centers were literally paradise and people had lots of leisure time, so why not?
March 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ancient domesticor women were into sequencing?
March 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thanks!! The one near Ixtlan sounds promising... I was in Coapan (behind Ceboruco volcano) near Jala and Ixtlan and was told that there's teocintle in the hills above the town. Acaponeta may be a stretch, but still plausible. Also, west of Ixtlan there's plenty of teocintle along the Ameca river...
March 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Please share if you remember the names before I Google myself into a rabbit hole 😂
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Oh, and the basin is key... though there is teocintle further towards coast, lower elevation, up to ~1800 m for annual species, maize ancestor
March 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Yes, post-conquest for the "illa" suffix, a diminutive, chico - chiquillo, bonito-bonitillo
March 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I've noticed over the years that place names that include "milpillas" usually have teocintle, e.g., La Paz de Milpillas... milpilla is used for teocintle, as in milpa-like, milpa being a maize plant...
March 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Thanks!! Seems pretty far into sierra, do the people mention "milpilla"? Or any Milpilla place names nearby?
March 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Where is this? Thinking of maize and teocintle
March 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM