Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot269910.32687/0869-866X-2026-34-3-711-717Научная статьяTHE EVOLUTION OF VARIETY OF PRODUCTS FROM POINT OF VIEW OF SELECTION, WAY OF LIFE AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIESBlinkovaL. N.ZhuravlevaE. V.N. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, 105064, Moscow, Russia0707202634371171707072026Copyright © 2026,2026Over the past century, human food ration changed more vehemently than over millennium. The article presents reviewing analytical data concerning evolutionary characteristics of development of ancient humans and diversity of food set in close relationship with their lifestyle, migration re-settlements, discovery of new food sources, application of thermal food processing. The analysis was carried out concerning alteration of patterns of food ration associated with transition to sedentary life-style, globalization processes and technological advancement in agriculture. The most important stages of saltatory development of plant cultivation that play immense role in solving problems of hunger and diversity of food, shaping of food market under development of agronomy, selection and soil science, animal husbandry, emergence of agricultural technologies and newest bio-technologies.evolutionfood setselectionfood eating behaviorbiotechnologyagricultureplant cultivation.эволюцияпродуктовый наборселекцияпищевое поведениебиотехнология, сельское хозяйство, растениеводство.1.Добровольская М. В. Эволюция питания Homo (основные направления исследований) Вестник Московского университета. Серия 23: Антропология. 2009;(4):57—63.2.Fuller D. Q. The domestication process in the Old World: Insights from genetics and archaeology. Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 2020;(49):215—39.3.Meyer R. S., Purugganan M. D. Evolution of crop species: Genetics of domestication and improvement. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Evolut. Syst. 2022;53:257—81.4.Корчагин А. А., Мазиров М. А., Щукин И. М. Общее земледелие: учеб. пособие. Владимир: Изд-во ВлГУ; 2021. 193 с.5.Головкин Б. Н., Кузьмин З. Е. Интродукция растений в датах, событиях и лицах: очерки по истории интродукции растений. М.: Изд-во МСХА; 2005. 91 с.6.Ladizinsky G. Sedentism and the emergence of plant cultivation: A historical perspective. Evolut. Anthropol. 2023;32(4):210—25.7.Земледелие: Учеб. для студентов вузов по агрономическим специальностям. Под ред. А. И. Пупонина. М.: Колос; 2002. 549 с.8.Лобанок А. Г. Биотехнологии — признак современности и прогресса. Наука и инновации. 2006;11(45):25—30.