BIOTECHNOLOGY
Here's a look back at 10,000 years of biotechnology...
TIMELINE
Biotechnology is the use of biological processes to solve problems or make useful products. We began growing crops and raising animals in the Stone Age to provide a stable supply of food and clothing. We have used the biological processes for 6,000 years to make useful food products such as yeast material--to make bread rise and to ferment beer and wine.
About 150 years ago, an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel figured out how hereditary traits are passed from parents to offspring in plants. …
