Nibbles: Dog & cat domestication, Domestication book, CGIAR genebanks, Famous trees, “Ancient” beans, ACACIA, Beer book, Melon breeding, Farming trees, CC & health

Ancient Japanese dog burials show they helped with the hunt. At least in some places and for a while. Maybe.
Ancient cat DNA shows they just helped themselves.
I guess Alice Roberts’ new book will cover all that.
IITA and ICARDA genebanks in the news.
Cool trees.
Is this the real story of Anasazi beans?
Speeding up crop improvement in Africa.
Extreme fermented beverages: my kind of book.
Wal-Mart’s fancy new cantaloupe .
Registering on-farm trees in Ghana.
Oh what’s the point, we’re all doomed anyway.