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Aug 1, 2022 · Defining domestication. The domestication of plants and animals by Homo sapiens is thought to be one of the most important developments in the history of humans [1, 2].About 11 000 years ago, at the start of the Holocene (see Glossary), many human societies intensified their transition from hunting and gathering to the cultivation of plants and herding of animals, leading to the domestication ...
The nature of domestication is often misunderstood. Most definitions of the process are anthropocentric and center on human intentionality, which minimizes the role of unconscious selection and also excludes non-human domesticators. An overarching, biologically grounded definition of domestication is discussed, which emphasizes its core nature as a coevolutionary process that arises from a ...
Oct 26, 2020 · Introduction. The domestication of plants and animals represents a key turning point in human history. This first foray into genetic engineering created new varieties of plants and animals that could be grown around the world – most often at the expense of other species that remained outside a domestic partnership with humans.
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Jul 30, 2018 · The time to fix favourable variants. To date, most of the domestication literature has focused on the second stage of domestication—that is, the intentional cultivation of crops by incipient ...
- Brandon S Gaut, Danelle K Seymour, Qingpo Liu, Yongfeng Zhou
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1 day ago · domestication, the process of hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants into domestic and cultivated forms according to the interests of people. In its strictest sense, it refers to the initial stage of human mastery of wild animals and plants. The fundamental distinction of domesticated animals and plants from their wild ancestors ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Background Studies of domestication enables a better understanding of human cultures, landscape changes according to peoples’ purposes, and evolutionary consequences of human actions on biodiversity. This review aimed at discussing concepts, hypotheses, and current trends in studies of domestication of plants, using examples of cases studied in regions of Mesoamerica and Brazil. We analyzed ...
Oct 1, 2019 · To make this point very clear: since domestication is an irreversible process by definition, a process as “de-domestication” is not possible. Accordingly, Kruska (2005) provided clear evidence for the irreversibility of domestication effects on the brain size leading to the statement: “once domesticated, always domesticated”.
