Gadagkar, R (2006) Who First Invented Agriculture? In: Indian Institute of Science, Pensioners' Association Bangalore, Silver Jubilee 1980-2005, 2005 . pp. 9-10.
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Abstract
Human agriculture, which is believed to have originated some 10,000 years ago, has rightly been considered the most important development in the history of our mankind. Virtually all the plants which we consume today are derived from cultivars that have been bred and modified by humans for thousands of years. There has also been extensive exchange of cultivated crops from one part of the globe to another. While consuming plants and their products, we tend to forget that the cultivation of coffee originated in Ethiopia, that of tobacco around Mexico, tomato and potato. in South America , rice in South East Asia and so on. The impact of agriculture on the further development of human societies has been profound - high rates of population growth, urbanization, economic surpluses and providing people with free time ·- ·all of which were pre-requisites for the development of modern civilization, including arts, literature and science.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Indian Institute of Science, Pensioners' Association Bangalore, Silver Jubilee 1980-2005 |
| Publisher: | Indian Institute of Science |
| Keywords: | Human agriculture, Fungus cultivation, Ants, Coevolution of ant, Leaf-cutter ants |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2021 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2021 09:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/68272 |
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