Current biology : CBPlantsMedicinalEthnobotanyHumansCultural Diversity
Ethnobotany: It takes time to discover medicinal plants.
Hanno Schaefer
Published: 202510.1016/j.cub.2025.10.035
Abstract
A new study shows that medicinal plant diversity correlates with time since human arrival in a certain region but not with language diversity, which is used as a proxy for cultural diversity.