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    Domestication Benefits

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    Domestication was a key breakthrough in the lives of people living around 10,000 BCE and has been making human life better ever since. The introduction of domestication into human thinking had economic, social, and political effects on the way people lived. The effects of domestication have been extremely beneficial to the growth and improvement in the quality life people have lived about 12,000 years ago up until present day. The first people to adopt domestication were the people living in the area of Mesopotamia in 10,000 BCE. They began the process of plant domestication by collecting and planting seeds of wild plants over fields and pastures. They made sure the plants had enough water to grow and made sure to plant them in areas where…

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    Stages Of Domestication

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    Domestication has played an enormous part in the development of humankind and material culture. It has resulted in the appearance of agriculture as a special form of animal and plant production. It is precisely those animals and plants that became objects of agricultural activity that have undergone the greatest changes when compared with their wild ancestors. Origins Of Domestication The main attempts at domestication of creatures and plants evidently were made in the Old World amid the…

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    Dog Domestication Research

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    Through domestication such partnerships were built and animals began to depend on us, humans to survive. Our longing for affection has made us build and…

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    While conducting research on the domestication of dogs, I found two things in common: studies show that dogs have been domesticated more than once and that the domestication of dogs traces back to the Middle East and Europe. (Saey, 2016; “Where did humans turn wolves into domesticated dogs?”, 2015; “New Take on Man's Friendship With Fido; Surprising findings emerge about domestication.”, 2016). “New Take on Man's Friendship With Fido; Surprising findings emerge about domestication” (2016)…

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    The Impact of the Horse When the domestication of animals originated, the main purpose was food production. With an ever changing world environment, having a herd could be the difference between life and death. As time passed, however, the human species began to realize the folly in their ways. Not only could animals be raised for food, they could be raised for other useful byproducts: milk, clothes, and many other products necessary to life. Inevitably, the need for animals that were more…

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    Animal Domestication Essay

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    Domestication of plants leads to further disturbance of other non-human species. Because plant domestication increases detrimental herbivore activities, humans started to utilize more chemicals. To control the pest population and increase crop yield, humans use chemically charged pesticides and fertilizers. The use of pesticides creates a vicious cycle between the domesticated plants and the herbivores. When farmers use pesticides, farmers are encouraging the pests to be more resilient to the…

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    The article written by Jared Diamond discusses the issues related to the domestication of plants and animals and provides specific features of domestication tendencies in different regions. Plant and animal domestication have always been very important for the development of households in many countries, however, it requires wise and conscious decision to make the process beneficial for both humans and animals or plants. First of all, the author states that hunter–gatherer behavior changed at…

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    change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It is the process that gives rise to variation in existing populations, drives speciation, and what leads to the extinction of new species. It is the natural change that occurs in response to environmental pressures resulting in phenotypical changes. Another way for phenotypical changes to occur in a species is by human intervention. Domestication is a form of human intervention. The domestication of…

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    Societal Ramifications of Plant and Animal Domestication The Neolithic period (from 9000 B.C.E to 2500 B.C.E) was a time of great growth and change for the people of Earth. It was brought about by the domestication of several types of plants and animals. Animal domestication began as a mutually beneficial relationship between wolves and humans, whereas plant domestication arose when our forager ancestors began planting seeds. The development of these mutually beneficial relationships undeniably…

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    turning point in human history, plant and animal domestication has influenced our present-day lifestyle from the foods we eat to the languages we speak. Starting from its earliest ground, the Fertile Crescent, the act of domesticating plants and animals has been so ingrained in our modern world that the origins of domestication come unexpectedly. Although domestication is a widespread process today, it was rather unpopular with early peoples. Farmers back then had no model of domestication, and…

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