Zooms

Man as a predator

• The man from Tautavel (Homo erectus) (zoom)
• The man from la Ferrassie (Homo sapiens neandertalensis) (zoom)
• The man from Cro-Magnon (Homo sapiens) (zoom)
• The man from nowadays (Homo sapiens sapiens) (zoom

Pots and containers

• Chalcolithic earthen pots (zoom)

Beginning and development of agriculture :

• Early animal domestication centers (map + zoom)
• Geographical areas for early agriculture (map + zoom)

Founder species of the early euro-mediterranean agriculture :

• Wheat (picture)
• Pea (picture)

Birth of agrarian villages, towns and city-states :

• The agrarian village of Cambous (zoom)
• The agrarian city-state of  Çatal Hüyük (zoom)
• Mari, one of the first city states (Syria) (zoom)

Agricultural and food techniques :

• Chalcolithic sickle (picture)
• The swing plough (zoom)
• The millstone for grains (zoom)

The plants of the Discovery :

• Plants transfer from America (map + zoom)
• Plants transfer towards America (map + zoom)
• Maïze (picture)
• Cocoa (picture)
• Banana (picture)

Evolution ou Révolution ? :

• Evolution of the magazine "La maison rustique" (1853-54) (zoom)

Beginning and development of the agronomic sciences :

• Abbe Refractometer (picture)
• Carl Von Linné (zoom)

From agronomic sciences to agricultural practices :

• Elementary classes in agriculture (1914) (zoom)

Introduction of new agricultural techniques :

• The mecanization of agriculture at the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century (zoom) :
• Animal-powered agriculture was still used for farming (video)
• Mechanical threshing is the most practical expression of progress (video)
• Today, tractors work rapidly... (video)
• France is a country where large factories produce for farmers all the tools that they need (video)

Revolution in transportation :

• The "Frigorifique" (zoom)
• Railroad and seaway, a network around 1880 (map + zoom)

Toward a worldwide economy :

• Liebig image label "Martinique" (picture)
• Liebig image label "Sénégal" (picture)
• Liebig image label "Indo-Chine française" (picture)

Beginning and development of the agro-food industry

• Advertizing for automatic wrapping machine (picture)

The advent of mass consumption :

• Lunch of a child in a "Fast-food" outlet (picture)
• Cheese stall in a hypermarket (picture)