Penn Humanities Forum and the
Department of Biology Present:
“The Impact of Human Travel on Agriculture”
a lecture by Dr. Paul Gepts
Professor of Agronomy and Range Science
University of California, Davis
Wednesday, October 11, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Leidy Lab room 10
The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture was a milestone in human evolution. Over the millennia since, migration exploration, conquest, and developments in transportation have changed agriculture into a global production system. Distinguished biologist Paul Gepts will describe the worldwide spread of agriculture through human travel and its profound impact on the ecosystems of our planet.
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