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Description: In this video, we look at the history behind a fruit of growing popularity: The avocado berry. Where did it come from, how did it develop, and how did it get to where it is today? Find us here too! Patreon: Patreon.com/Fireoflearning Lucinox – Our Science Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCM2dfLR3BR0CHuePEDtxAZw Instagram: @Fire_of_Learning The following music performed by Kevin Macleod Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Download available at incompetech.com Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, Movement I (Allegro), BWV 1049 [orig. by JS Bach] Accralate These songs provided by the YouTube audio library Spanish Rose Summer Symphony Ball Sources and further reading Galindo-Tovar, María Elena, et al. “THE AVOCADO (PERSEA AMERICANA, LAURACEAE) CROP IN MESOAMERICA: 10,000 YEARS OF HISTORY.” i Harvard Papers in Botany vol. 12, no. 2, 2007, pp. 325–334. iJSTOR/i jstor.org/stable/41761865. Accessed 10 Sept. 2021. Landon, Amanda J., "Domestication and Significance of Persea americana, the Avocado, in Mesoamerica" (2009). Nebraska Anthropologist. 47. digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro/47 statista.com/statistics/591263/average-avocado-consumption-us-per-week washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/22/the-sudden-rise-of-the-avocado-americas-new-favorite-fruit web.archive.org/web/20071215142535/http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues01/Co04072001/CO_04072001_Recipes.htm smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-the-avocado-should-have-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-4976527 web.archive.org/web/20071225063117/http://www.indexfresh.com/avocado_history.html ucavo.ucr.edu/general/historyname.html britannica.com/plant/avocado etymonline.com/word/avocado smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/holy-guacamole-how-hass-avocado-conquered-world-180964250 bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/87a56e5c-6d41-4495-9e22-523efb6b4cb0 daily.jstor.org/the-illustrious-history-of-the-avocado link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-06904-3_8 whatscookingamerica.net/avocado.htm Photo attributions commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avocado_Bowl_Green.jpg#:~:text=By%20Kjokkenutstyr%20-%20Avocado%20Bowl%20Green%20-%20Flickr%2C%20CC%20BY-SA%204.0%2C%20https%3A//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php%3Fcurid%3D53560165 By B.navez - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4877156 By Bex Walton from London, England - Avocado toast at Voyager Espresso, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102666271 By Muhammad Mahdi Karim - Own work, GFDL 1.2, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11601447 By Edrean - This photo was staged for the purpose of showing some characteristics of the Maluma avocado, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38351359 By Cortina David - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60507293 By Nsaum75 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10568386 By Edrean - Photo was taken on the farm Avondshoek in Tzaneen, South Africa, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38350766 By Luisfi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49279381 By Prsjl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5502490 By Leoadec - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15037878 By Daniel Schwen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7647000 By User:Madman2001 - Made it myself based on several drawingsReferences for this description (or part of this) or for the depiction in the file are not provided.Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page., CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4998025 By User:Authenticmaya~commonswiki - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1581465 By Antony Stanley from Gloucester, UK - Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28438522 By Wolfgang Sauber - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6893856 By walknboston - originally posted to Flickr as Avocado!, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6720220 By Mark Hofstetter - Own work, CC BY 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=980477 By Fir0002 - Own work, GFDL 1.2, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1161746 By marya - originally posted to Flickr as the avocado tree next door, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3756369 By Nicole De Khors - burst.shopify.com/photos/makings-of-avocado-toast, CC BY 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80466139 By Callan Bird - flickr.com/photos/151182189@N04/36180517984, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikim