#Archaeology: Did #Plants #Domesticate Humans? Watch 'The First Entanglement' [video]

By Regina Sobel on January 26, 2023

"Those who study places like #Çatalhöyük see a complex interplay between human actions and the workings of nature and genetics. Ceren Kabukçu, an archaeobotanist who researches ancient plant specimens, explains how a random mutation in wild wheat produced characteristics that pleased early farmers so much that they selected those plants over and over again until the mutated plants became domesticated. But it didn’t end there. The domesticated wheat evolved to such a degree that it could no longer reproduce without the aid of human hands. Much of what we eat today is rooted in this codependency."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/did-plants-domesticate-humans-watch-the-first-entanglement/

#Farming #PlantDomestication #Archaeobotany #Archaeology #Histodon #History #Catalhoyuk

New NIOO publication: Integrating chemical plant trait- and ecological-based approaches to better understand differences in #insect #herbivory between #cultivated and #natural systems. #communityecology #plantdomestication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108643#spatialecology

Domestication as innovation: the entanglement of techniques, technology and chance in the domestication of cereal crops - Dorian Fuller [pdf 17 pages] https://www.academia.edu/242602/Domestication_as_innovation_the_entanglement_of_techniques_technology_and_chance_in_the_domestication_of_cereal_crops #ArchaeoBotany #PlantDomestication #agriculture