François Bernier, professor of biology at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Strasbourg, offers you a conference on plants and their evolution in relation to humans.
For most of its history, the human species has fed on the products of hunting and gathering wild plants. Starting about 10 years ago, the domestication of several species marked the beginning of agriculture: this innovation had enormous repercussions not only for our species but for the planet as a whole... And has also resulted in a significant modification of the species that we cultivate, accentuated by progress in genetics. The analysis of these changes now allows us to consider other modifications of plants.
For most of its history, the human species has fed on the products of hunting and gathering wild plants. Starting about 10 years ago, the domestication of several species marked the beginning of agriculture: this innovation had enormous repercussions not only for our species but for the planet as a whole... And has also resulted in a significant modification of the species that we cultivate, accentuated by progress in genetics. The analysis of these changes now allows us to consider other modifications of plants.
