I came across this paragraph in the July, 2014 issue of Archaeology magazine, Page 24 in the "World Roundup" section. Interesting, I think:
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"MEXICO: Plant scientists have used four approaches - ecological, linguistic, genetic, and archaeological, to zero in on the home region of the first domesticated chili peppers. All lines of evidence, including the range of Proto-Otomanguean, the oldest language thought to have a word for chili peppers, and the oldest known archaeological pepper remains, converge on north and central-eastern Mexico. No wonder the mole sauce in Puebla is so good."
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So, thanks to those old Proto-Otomanguean speakers I can have my capsaicin fix every day. Those folks may have had a few rough edges, you know - the human sacrifice thing and all, but they did good when it came to peppers! :>)
