Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 10/5/17



Our ability to cultivate wheat and other cereal grains was a key factor in our ability to strive toward the civilization we now enjoy. It helped us reshape the Earth’s surface and grow our population to the current 7.5 billion inhabiting the planet today. But that population is projected to pass 9 billion by mid century and then rise as high as 11 billion by 2100.

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