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Copyright Paul Gepts 2009
| March 31 | Lecture 01 | What is crop evolution? | |
| April 02 | Lecture 02 | Who's who in the history of crop evolution studies? | |
| April 07 | Lecture 03 | Lifestyles of the hunters and gatherers | |
| April 09 | Lecture 04 | Why did agriculture start? | |
| April 14 | Lecture 05 | Contemporary methods in the study of crop evolution: Plant Science | |
| April 16 | Lecture 06 | Contemporary methods in the study of crop evolution: Archaeobotany | |
| April 21 | Midterm 01 during normal class hours in 1322 Storer | ||
| April 23 | Lecture 08 | What is a crop? The domestication syndrome | |
| April 28 | Lecture 09 | What is a weed? | |
| April 30 | Lecture 10 | Where did agriculture start? Centers of origin and diversity | |
| May 05 | Lecture 11 | Major dissemination pathways of crops | |
| May 07 | Lecture 12 | How was agriculture disseminated? The case of Europe | |
| May 12 | Lecture 13 | Non-human farmers: ants, termites, and beetles | |
| May 14 | Midterm 02 during normal class hours in 1322 Storer | ||
| May 19 | Lecture 15 | How did plants evolve under domestication? Fate of genetic diversity | |
| May 21 | Lecture 16 | How did plants evolve under domestication? Inheritance of the domestication syndrome | |
| May 26 | Lecture 17 | How did plants evolve under domestication? Physiological and ecological aspects | |
| May 28 | Lecture 18 | Future directions in the study of crop evolution | |
| June 02 | Lecture 19 | In the end, how does all of this matter? (1) Will agriculture continue to feed and cloth the world? | |
| June 04 | Lecture 20 | In the end, how does all of this matter? (2) The origin of crops and what it tells us about ownership of biological resources | |
| June 06 | Final examination | 10:30-12:30 pm in 1322 Storer | |
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