LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -In Mesopotamia, Sumerians use yeast-a type of fungus-to make beer and wine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology is the use of biology to develop new products, methods and organisms intended to improve human health and society. Biotechnology, often referred to as biotech, has existed since the beginning of civilization with the domestication of plants, animals and the discovery of fermentation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The oldest fermentation was used to make beer in Sumeria and Babylonia as early as 7, 000BCE. By 4, 000BCE, Egyptians used yeasts to bake leavened bread. Another ancient product of fermentation was wine, made in Assyria as early as 3, 500BCE. The Chinese developed fermentation techniques for brewing and cheese making.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since the first successful commercialization of a biotechnology-derived crop in the 1990s, many new crop varieties have been developed and made available to U.S. farmers and farmers worldwide.