Grass: A Human History

A revelatory dive into the overlooked history of grass and the astonishing ways it has shaped human history

Try, if you can, to imagine a world without grass. There would be no lawns or athletic fields, no blooming meadows or rolling wheat fields, no sweeping savannas or steppes. Gone too would be the countless plants and animals that evolved in grassy landscapes: daisies and sunflowers, prairie dogs and bison, zebras, lions, and many more. Oh, and there would be no us—at least not as we exi...