Fig trees have been on Earth for about 80 million years longer than humans. The have seen off asteroid impacts and climate change that wiped out millions of other species. Their story reminds us that we are just new here and that between our kisses, our fights, our struggles and our smiles, we tend to break things before we realise how much we need them. It's a story that tells us much about where we have come from and where we might go from here. [From Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees]
