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4 days ago · Scientists have used phytolith analysis and other methods to reveal the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an astonishing span of 100,000 years, providing new ...
3 days ago · It was ultimately Tonio Andrade, a historian of early modern global history centered on Taiwan, who coined the term ‘global microhistory.’. The hallmark of the global microhistory method is a microhistorical or small-scale focus on events and actors – often marginal or obscure ones including women, minor merchants, and slaves – who ...
22 hours ago · On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.
- Charles Darwin
- 1859
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2 days ago · The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication, and the emergence of the first dogs. Genetic studies suggest that all ancient and modern dogs share a common ancestry and descended from an ancient, now-extinct wolf population – or closely ...
5 days ago · Domesticated species are raised and cared for by humans and are used for food, work, clothing, medicine, and other purposes. Domesticated plants and animals are no longer considered wild. Where was the earliest hearth for animal domestication? Animal domestication can be traced back to Central Asia (dogs) and Southwest Asia (goats and sheep).
3 days ago · Borderlands history studies the making and crossing of borders. While the term “borderlands” has no fixed definition, it can refer to spaces of encounter between different peoples and political entities. As an interpretative framework, borderlands can help practitioners of world history better understand circulations, connections, exchanges ...
2 days ago · But doing so would make it harder to understand some critical dimensions of world history. Empires, as distinct from more homogeneous or homogenizing units, indeed set the context for much of world history – marking out trade routes; demanding labor, lives, and loyalty; shaping, combining, and imposing cultural practices across large spaces.
