Along for the ride Quote by Elizabeth Kolbert

“Let’s not forget another major factor to animal distribution — humans! Humans have been involved since the Flood. In fact, due to the ark,…

— Ken Ham

“Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Even where the land was more receptive, settlers soon learned to take some precautions before planting their vegetables. Maize and pumpkin seeds were soaked…

— Bee Dawson

What did the last Easter Islander say as he chopped down the last tree? The Easter Islanders didnt have anthropologists.

— Jared Diamond

“There, on the far side of of the Atlantic, would be Maine, but despite the shared ocean, her island and this one were worlds…

— Barbara Delinsky

“offers numerous cautionary tales of kingdoms, cultures, and empires that squandered their soil and found themselves with nothing left to live on. From the…

— Judith D. Schwartz

“The culprits were a handful of plant species, including wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo sapiens, rather than vice versa.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“For centuries the Mountrachets had been keen horticulturists. Forebear after forebear had traveled far and wide, spanning the globe in search of exotic specimens…

— Kate Morton

“People floating like pollen in search of more fertile soil.”

— Andrew Crofts

We have domesticated crops over a very long period of time, like tens of thousands of years. And crops get - seeds get carried.…

— Nina Fedoroff

As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.

— Pliny the Elder

“Though men in their hundreds of thousands had tried their hardest to disfigure that little corner of the earth where they had crowded themselves…

— Leo Tolstoy