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Index

Abu Hureyra, Syria,
28
,
32

Acacias,
91

Adam and Eve,
182–183
,
183 (fig.)

Adenosine,
150

Aerial bombardment,
205–206

Afzelia
trees,
27

Agouti,
116
,
119
,
175
,
180

Agriculture

crop rotation,
37

focus on staple grains,
28

grains/grasses and roots of,
22
,
28–29

Soviet,
104–105

switch from hunting and gathering,
25

Aircraft design,
206–209
,
208 (photo)

Alkaloids,
136–137
,
139
,
147
,
165
,
169
,
172

Alleles,
76

Almendro,
16–18
,
116–121

author’s studies on,
5–7
,
41
,
77
,
119
,
121
,
128–129

characteristics of tree,
6

coumarin in,
170–171
,
174–175

fruit,
180

seed dispersal by bats,
179–181
,
187
,
192

seed illustration,
118 (fig.)

seed predators,
18
,
116–121
,
123

shell,
117–121
,
118 (fig.)

sprouting seed of,
5 (photo)

taste/aroma of seeds,
18
,
171–172

tetraploid,
212

tonka beans,
170–171
,
174

Almond,
40
,
44

Almond Joy candy bars,
39–41
,
44
,
48

Andrus, Cecil (governor),
35–36

Angiosperms,
67–69
,
188

Annona (goddess),
29
,
30 (fig.)
,
36

Ants,
138–139
,
174
,
184

Apples,
182–185
,
185 (fig.)
,
187
,
189

Arab Spring,
31–32
,
154

Arab world, importance of coffee in,
154

Arawak Indians,
195

Arkwright, Richard (inventor),
203

Arm millet,
27

Aspirin,
172

Australian Aboriginals,
27
,
186

Australopithecus,
126

Austro-Prussian War,
72

Avocado,
8–17
,
8 (fig.)
,
(11 fig.)

components of pit,
10
,
11 (fig.)

domestication of,
8–9
,
8 (fig.)

germination,
8–16

B-12 Spirit (bomber),
208–209
,
208 (photo)

“Baby in a box” analogy,
10
,
17

Bach, Johann Sebastian (composer),
143
,
152