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Came Before Colombus

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Plant life is just as important as human life. Things that affect plant biology could possibly have an affect on our biology as well. The information from "They Came Before Colombus" is important for a number of reasons, however I will only deal with the issue that was quoted. If American cotton has an African ancestor, of course the first question would be "how did it get here." In relation to Botany as a science however, the first question should be "When the plant was was adopted did they cultivate this plant correctly?" As stated in the text the adoption a new plant requires "a whole complex of knowledge about the plant 's ecological requirements." The settler 's knew nothing of this land to be able to know how to adopt the plant or

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