Ancient megafaunal mutualisms and extinctions as factors in plant domestication

The development of agriculture is often thought of as a human innovation in response to climate change or population pressure. A new manuscript challenges that concept, suggesting that plants that had already evolved adaptive traits for life among large-bodied grazing and browsing animals were more likely to prosper on a highly disturbed anthropogenic landscape.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210325115411.htm