Seeds are such a part of our daily lives that we hardly notice how deeply dependent we are on them. We live in a world of seeds: from our morning coffee and croissants, to the cotton in our clothes, food, dyes, oils, fibers, etc. Seed plants make up over 90% of the flora and have dominated the earth for over 100 million years.
The evolution of Sapiens would never have occurred in a world without seeds. These little botanical wonders paved the way for modern civilization by forming its nutritional basis.
Their intrinsic ability to remain dormant distinguishes them from all other life forms, and for us, the discovery of how to collect and control dormant seeds paved the way for the development of agriculture and continues to influence the destiny of nations.
I invite you to read Thor Hanson’s “Seeds”.