Domestication

2.1. Origin and Distribution of Cassava Cassava has its genetic, geographical and agricultural origin in Latin America. Its domestication began 5000 – 7000 years BC in the Amazon, Brazil (Alves, 2002) and it was distributed by Europeans to the rest of the world (Henry and Hershey, 2002). Cassava was taken from Brazil to the West coast of Africa by Portuguese traders in the 16th century (Jones, 1959; Nweke, 1994). Cassava is highly tolerant to drought. It is well adapted to areas with a long…

In addition, when animals are represented as transfigured humans, both Disney films and oral folktales highlight the superiority of humans in relation to animals by conflating happiness with the restoration of the human condition. In The Emperor's New Groove, Kuzco regains his human form, is reinstated as emperor, and shares his wealth with Pacha and his family. In The Princess and the Frog, Navene and Tiana regain access to the human condition because of Tiana's new status as a princess, and…

Think about what the world of science would be like today without Charles Darwin’s Theory. Darwin was known to be the father of evolutionary biology. Charles Darwin once said, “When I view all begins not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Cambrian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled.” Charles Darwin’s original Theory of Evolution has evolved itself with a modern understanding of his theories,…

Both Egypt and Mesopotamia were made up of communities of hunter-gatherers, which evolved into small sedentary tribes when they began to adopt the practice of agriculture and the domestication of animals. These small communities, believed in some form of afterlife, and created shrines to protect their dead. Egypt evolved almost directly from a state of society with no official laws, or government to a civilization ruled by a large government…

the growth and maturation of organisms.[1] The Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus) is thought to be the ancestral to the modern domestic chicken. (Fumihito et al., 1994). [1] Chickens have had a long association with man, according to D. Burt 2007, domestication took place 8,000yrs ago in Thailand. [4] The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is used as a model organism, it has many features which qualify it for this role. Fertilized chicken eggs (therefore embryos)…

In the year 615, the Sui Dynasty is in distress as the emperor has been surrounded by the Türks, which was one of the 200 rebellion groups, at a place called Wild Goose Gate in northern Shanxi. Li Yuan (Duke of Tang), who is the maternal cousin of the Sui emperor, got word of this and led a rescue mission for his cousin. The rescue mission was successful and the Sui Emperor fled to his refuge in the south. The Sui emperor felt uneasy with his cousin so he sent two officers to keep watch of Li…

Introduction Problem Description: One only has to do a quick Google search or look in the local news to see that there has been a large number of barn fires in the recent months. These fires have caused huge economic losses, not only in the buildings lost, but also the animals that perished. Because of these recent incidences in such a short amount of time, many questions have been raised regarding fire management and prevention on farms. Many highly competitive horses are kept stabled for…

others. Throughout the course of history humans favor dogs that help make their lives easier such as warning and signaling them when someone is intruding their property. (Grossman 2013) Dogs are evolved from wolves that are much quieter, but since domestication started humans picked the more vocalized dogs due to their ability to bark and alarm them when emergencies happen. Humans were the reason why dogs were manipulated for their vocalization, but now since quieter dogs are more valued they…

apparent in its uses in treating the elderly; the use of animals through animal assisted therapy (AAT) in nursing homes and long term care facilities has a positive effect on the patients. The history of animal assisted therapy begins with the domestication of the first pet dog which happened sometime thousands of years ago. These pets served obvious practical purposes (protection,…

What is right? What is wrong? Can the two even exist or are they just figments of some sort of lesser mentality? These are just a few of the many questions in the world that can not simply be answered by a single sentence as there are too many factors in context. Thus, we, as humans, are forced to reflect on the topic with our own philosophical ideas in hopes that we can piece our ideas with the ideas of others in order to solve this massive jigsaw puzzle dubbed “Life” In every person there is…