SciCafe: How Plants Domesticated Humans

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When: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 6:30pm - 6:30pm

Where: American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
212-769-5100
Price: Free

Join anthropologist Fatimah Jackson to discuss the fascinating story of co-evolution between plants and humans.

Humans have domesticated plant and animals for agriculture for thousands of years. What is less well-known is that plants have also had a significant effect on human biology and evolution.

Learn how the new field of epigenetics is helping us understand how the interaction of plants and people over time has altered the course of human history.

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