Did We Domesticate Plants--or Did They Domesticate Us? The Answer Might Not be so Clear.

Did humans domesticate plants, or did they domesticate us? Archaeologists at Çatalhöyük, a 9,000-year-old site in Turkey, offer lessons on how agriculture and other major innovations can yield unexpected long-term consequences for human society and the world around us.

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FULL CREDITS:

Director:
Regina Sobel

Cinematographer:
Derek Reich

Editor:
Elizabeth Brooke

Original Music:
Mark Baechle
Marcus Bagala

Graphics:
Chris George
Maggie Hubbard

Associate Producer:
Shelley Elizabeth Carter

Field Producer: Meredith DeSalazar

Interview by: Adam Bolt

Executive Producers:
Shannon Behrman
Sarah Goodwin
Elliot Kirschner

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This video was made with support from the National Science Foundation (MCB-2122350.) Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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