Domestication

When it comes to enslaved Africans, the general public often only focus on their lives as slaves. In our effort to acknowledge the terrible ways that African slaves were mistreated, we often forget that, at the end of the day, slaves were still human beings, with their own beliefs, tastes, and culture. Unfortunately, most historical records do not document the daily lives and cultural practices of enslaved Africans due to their inherent biases (Young et al. 1998:168). Luckily, archaeology can be…

Team ropers-r-us The rider slowly backs his horse into the metal box. Nerves are pulsing through his body. He looks to the left and sees the steer is ready and looks even farther to the left and makes eye contact with his partner. He gives the look and nods his head. After that, it’s all so fast the steer launches forward and his partner swings the rope, and it is thrown, he prays for the best. Lucky for him the rope lands around the horns and his partner dallys up and turns left. Now it’s all…

When people think of a household pet domestic animals such as dogs, cats, and fish come to mind. A domestic animal is an animal of a species that has been domesticated by humans so that they depend on humankind for survival. As time progresses and the years go by, more and more people are captivating exotic animals and are trying to domesticate them. Humans are taking wild animals from their natural habitats and are attempting to make them docile creatures for everyday living. Entities want to…

“Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!” This quote from The Wizard of Oz, by Frank L. Baum, is a common phase that comes to mind when people think of a zoo. While zoos are exciting for people from age 1 to 100, they aren't always exciting or healthy for the animals. Circuses are the same way exciting for visitors but hell holes for many animals. Animals in zoos and circuses deserve the same rights and protections as animals living in the wild. All animals, not just domestic animals, should be…

Domestication and Agriculture I wasn’t sure what to expect given this assignment especially since, most people take food for granted and look to a grocery store as a dispensary. I knew many foods had to have originated somewhere but where was uncertain as there are many plants that are native to one place and through time immigrated elsewhere. In addition, many foods have been domesticated as well as new strands and varieties created. My biggest concern with foods today isn’t so much from…

o There are no definite o Wolf self-domestication  Aside from being a possible food source ourselves, wolves may have developed a curiosity about our presence and were attracted to our way of living. The smell of our food created by our fires would have brought them closer to our camps where…

Arguably, not many things have shaped the human history as much as domestication has. The transition that started in early Holocene around 11 000 years ago from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to more settled existence of agriculture has been vital for the development of human societies as we know them now (Gupta 2004, Brown et al. 2009). The first steps for this transition were taken in multiple places independently, one of which was Southwest Asia and especially the area called Fertile…

Domestication is defined as the ability to tame an animal, especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency on the human by the animal. This changes the animal's ability to live independently from humans in the wild. Sheep were domesticated for a closer access to food and other goods like wool and milk. In order for animal to become used to and reliant on human interaction, they first need to be…

this domestication could have occurred up to 40,000 years ago. There are many theories to how humans began taming wolves. One theory was that wolves began following people around in order to more easily acquire food and that the ‘tamer’ wolves were kept as pets. As people began acquiring these wolves they began to selectively breed them to enhance desired traits and lessen undesirable traits. This process is known as artificial selection and is a well-understood process of animal domestication. …

He presented the limitation of translation with the terms of domestication and foreignization translation. Translators can take the readers to the author or bring the author to the readers by using domestication and foreignization translation. Domestication and foreignization would not be competing strategies but just two different modes of translation. Both of them can be employed concurrently, as they actually…