Coevolution
(Pollinator, November 9, 2004)
Coevolution is when two parties act on each other to advance their individual interests but wind up trading favors. In this example, the bee gets food and the flower genes get transportation.
Domesticated Species
(http://www.dogtraininginlondon.co.uk/can-we-learn-from-wolves/)
We as people tend to think that wolves are more impressive than domesticated dogs, however dogs are much more impressive because they have mastered knowing our needs and desires and our emotions and values. This is why dogs have been thriving and have millions in the world, were wolves are only in the thousands.
Nature's Alchemists
(Shakespeare-Wikipedia, 22 April 2006)
Plants are nature's alchemists because they are experts at transforming water, soil, and sunlight into precious substances. Plants can do photosynthesis and have perfected organic chemistry.
Artificial Selection
(John Doebley, 13 October 2003)
Charles Darwin's term for the process in which domesticated species came into this world was artificial selection. He did not use fake because what was happening was not fake. Darwin said that human desire played the same role that nature did in matching which species will fit with which.
Source: The Botany of Desire a Plant's-Eye View of the World, by Michael Pollan
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