Domestication

kung typically occupy a campsite for a period of weeks and eat their way out of it. (1984:44)” (Culture Sketches pg.647) This quote above shows how these people of Africa stay living in an area for a period of time. Next, with subsistence comes domestication of dogs for the people of Ju/’Hoansi. To illustrate, these people domesticate or use dogs when hunting. “Dogs can be useful, especially in cornering prey and keeping it at bay until it can be speared.” (Culture Sketches pg. 647) Last but not…

The Peer Review Article that I chose is called, “Do dogs get the point? A review of dog- human communication ability” by Juliane Kaminski and Marie Nitzschner which was available online June 6, 2013. This Article approach to dog's communication ability basically uses a lot of research that has already been performed to prove their point that, “dogs forms of communication may be more specialized than was predicted by some and may be best explained as the result of a special adaptation of dogs to…

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jered Diamond attempts to revolutionize the way we think about Europe’s rise to superiority. He tries to do this by proposing that Europe’s rise was the direct result of geography. Diamond believes geography gave the Europeans access to the best crops, and granted Europeans access to thirteen of the fourteen large, domesticized mammals. According to Diamond, these two fortunate circumstances allowed Europeans to develop societies that gave people the option to have a…

which are formed by scavenging construction sites to find material to build “shacks” and other improvised structures. Also, the “question of gender” provides a gauge for the male and female stereotypes of work, which often involve subjective domestication of women’s work: “Migrant and commuter households survive primarily through the work of women as low-paid domestic…

For many long years humans lived in tribes where they had to hunt and gather for their next meals. Farming was a thing but not the same as we know it today. The agricultural revolution, also known as the Neolithic revolution, was a huge change in the way of life for everyone. This period was a full transition from a food gathering to a food producing society. The revolution took place about eight thousand years ago among various tribes in Asia and the Middle East. They began domesticating plants…

Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Kayenta. They were basket-makers and hunter-gatherers who eventually migrated across the entire Colorado Plateau, including Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and southwestern Colorado. Around the first millennium BC, the domestication of corn, beans, and squash reached the Southwest region. By about 500 AD, agriculture began to play a significant role in the economy, and permanent villages were established. Modern Pueblo communities, such as the Hopi, Zuni, and Acoma,…

Agricultural geography is another subfield of geography that plays an important part in our world today and has been very important since it began during the first Agricultural Revolution. Agriculture is thought of as the production of food for human consumption and can be classified into four types of economic activity to focus on what is being produced. Primary economic activity involves extracting resources directly from nature through events like mining, hunting, fishing, farming, and…

The History Of Cats A Research Report by Starlah Espinoza How were cats domesticated? I've been wondering for awhile now. Were they domesticated for a purpose, or just to live in your home and be a companion? In this report I will be answering that burning question in the back of all of our minds. According to The Humane Society Of The United States, about 35% of American homes have at least 1 cat, according to 2015-2016 stats. But how long have they been living with us? Turns out cats have…

Evolution of the dog Evolution is the process of which an animal will change and develop to adapt to better suit its environment over many generations. The dog has evolved from the wolf mainly from domestication but all in different ways. Dogs have been bred and domesticated to fulfil different purposes for example a terrier has been breed to hunt small rodents hence their size and agility, however the great dane was breed to hunt larger animals like boars. This is done by artificial selection…

This involved the domestication of both plants and animals which took place over many years in different regions of the world. The factors that led to the development and rise of agriculture appear to be independent of each other but taken together appear to provide a significant…