Prologue
Part I Extreme longevity and the strangeness of seeds
Chapter 1 A date with history
Chapter 2 Curious in every way
Part II Evolution
Chapter 3 Landfall
Chapter 4 Sleeping through fire
Chapter 5 A mystery of mysteries
Part III Humans and seeds
Chapter 6 How humans changed seeds
Chapter 7 Towards zero hunger
Chapter 8 Our changing climate
Part IV The genebanks
Chapter 9 An arctic fortress
Chapter 10 Seeds of war
Chapter 11 Come and see, I have a room here
Chapter 12 Of jaguars and hummingbirds
Chapter 13 Possible futures
Part V Longevity
Chapter 14 Digging up the past
Chapter 15 Seed longevity
Part VI Seeds and culture
Chapter 16 On sacred ground
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Image credits
Index