Humans bones became lighter and frailer once farming became widespread
Our bones are much lighter and weaker than those of our Paleolithic ancestors (11,000 to 33,000 years ago), but it's ...
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The farmers of the future will be all robots
By 2050, world population is expected to rise to nine billion, but the amount of arable land meant to grow ...
Antarctic Ice Collapse Could Devastate Global Food Supply
We've already written about the damage done to the Antarctic ice sheet, and how sadly, its collapse seems irreversible. A ...
Manure was used by European farmers 8000 years ago
A new study has shown that European farmers used far more sophisticated practices than was previously thought. The Oxford research ...
Cheese has a 7500 year history
Polish researchers have found the earliest evidence of prehistoric cheese-making from a study of 7,500-year-old pottery fragments that are perforated ...
Genetically engineered crops reach 11.5% of the total arable land
The first genetically engineered or biotech food products were released on the market for the first time in 1994. Consumers ...
Pigeon Pea Genome Cracked: Benefits Farming Millions in Asia & Africa
Hyderabad (South India): A team of scientists has claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough by successfully sequencing the genome ...
Surprise In The Organic Orchard — A Healthier Worm In The Apple
Just like you can catch a cold from a virus so can other animals, as well as insects. But ...