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Evolution of Crop Farming IV: Wheat

By EcoFoodDev November 15, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Genetics in Agriculture, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), "Sustainable Crops: The Evolution & Genetics of Wheat" , EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/sustainable-crops-the-evolution-genetics-of-wheat/ Wheat is one of the most important economic cereal crops in the…

Evolution of Crop Farming III: Barley

By EcoFoodDev April 4, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Genetics in Agriculture, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), "Barley: Crop Evolutionary History & Future Food Sustainability", EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/the-ancient-origins-of-modern-barley/ Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a principal cereal crop grown worldwide. It is used…

How Climate Change Led to Modern Farming

By EcoFoodDev March 10, 2021All Posts, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) Why Agriculture Happened: How Past Climate Change Events Led to Modern Farming, EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/the-12000-year-grind-extraordinary-evidence-for-climate-change-farming-modern-society-from-10000-bc/ A series of changes in climate occurred during the late Pleistocene…

Evolution of Crop Farming II: Where modern cereals come from

By EcoFoodDev February 24, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Genetics in Agriculture, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) How Agriculture Began: 12,000 Years of Crop Cultivation EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/crop-cultivations-astonishing-age-1000s-of-years-of-change/ What do we mean by “cultivation”? Previously we looked at what is meant by domestication of…

Evolution of Crop Farming I: The Origins of Cereal Domestication

By EcoFoodDev February 12, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) Ancient Grains: When & where did the domestication of modern crops begin? EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/the-cultivation-domestication-and-spread-of-cereals-the-real-ancient-grains/ We cannot really think about the future of food until we look…

HARVEST: Plant foods in Human Evolution

By EcoFoodDev July 8, 2020All Posts, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming, Projects

About the HARVEST Project: Plant foods comprise the majority of most human diets, yet the potential importance of these foods in human evolution is often overlooked. Using a behavioral ecology…