Making a B-Line
Jul 07, 2020
2 minutes
A FEW years ago I had to interview an Oxford professor about the origin of apple trees. DNA evidence had confirmed that apple trees were not British natives, as was first thought. He and others had proved conclusively that they were descended from fruit trees found in the Tian Shan forests of Central Asia.
The interview took place on one of those summer days pregnant with
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