13. Cannabis and Homo sapiens

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. DEDICATION vi
3. CONTENTS viii
4. PREFACE xii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiv
6. NOTES TO READERS xvi
7. TABLE 1: ACRONYMS USED IN THIS BOOK xvii
8. MAP 1: PRESENT-DAY RANGES OF CANNABIS xviii
9. 1. Introduction to the Multipurpose Plant Cannabis 1
10. 2. Natural Origins and Early Evolution of Cannabis 13
11. 3. Ethnobotanical Origins, Early Cultivation, and Evolution through Human Selection 29
12. 4. The Cultural Diffusion of Cannabis 59
13. 5. History of Cannabis Use for Fiber 135
14. 6. Food, Feed, and Oil Uses of Hemp 199
15. 7. Historical Aspects of Psychoactive Cannabis Use for Ritual and Recreation 211
16. 8. Ethnobotanical History and Contemporary Context of Medicinal Cannabis 241
17. 9. Nonpsychoactive Ritual Uses of Cannabis 257
18. 10. Recent History of Cannabis Breeding 295
19. 11. Classical and Molecular Taxonomy of Cannabis 311
20. 12. Hypotheses Concerning the Early Evolution of Cannabis 333
21. 13. Cannabis and Homo sapiens 365
22. TIMELINE 383
23. REFERENCES 389
24. INDEX 427