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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Smithsonian Botanical Symposium<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>24-25 September 2010<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>“Food For Thought: 21<sup>st </sup>Century
Perspectives on Ethnobotany”<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In collaboration with the United States Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Supported by the Cuatrecasas Family Foundation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>People are dependent upon plants for food, clothing,
medicine, fuel and other necessities of life. Humans and plants have interacted
for as long as humans have existed, but our relationship is not static. Since
the advent of agriculture we have exerted evolutionary pressure on plants that
are of importance to us. Indigenous and industrialized societies have
interacted with plants in their environments and influenced not only crop
plants, but also cultural landscapes. The Smithsonian Botanical Symposium,
hosted by the Departments of Botany and Anthropology, will examine the 21<sup>st
</sup>century transformation of the field of ethnobotany. The invited speakers
will cover a wide range of topics: from the role molecular biology now has in
elucidating crop domestication to the ways in which peoples across myriad
ecosystems interact with specific plants and landscapes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Botanical Symposium is one of many activities planned to
celebrate the Centennial of the National Museum of Natural History. Symposium
participants are invited to visit the new David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins,
which is dedicated to the understanding of human origins. This major exhibition
opened in March 2010 is based on decades of cutting-edge research by
Smithsonian scientists, and it tells the epic story of human evolution and how
this occurred over the course of six million years in response to a changing
world.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Information and registration at <a
href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs/">http://botany.si.edu/sbs/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 202-786-2563 – e-mail: <a href="mailto:sbs@si.edu">sbs@si.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Registration is now open<o:p></o:p></p>
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