Domestication Flashcards
What is the criteria for domestication?
diet, growth rate, size, disposition, panic response, breed in captivity, social hierarchy
How were dogs domesticated?
self-domestication led to human involvement
Dog’s path to domestication?
SSITE: Self-domestication Strict captivity Intentional breeding Trait standardization Eliminate wild species (genes)
Why were dogs domesticated?
companionship, dogs with jobs
Why were sheep and goats domesticated?
size, highly gregarious (esp. sheep), wide utilization of feed resources, and yielded a variety of useful products
How were sheep/goats domesticated?
human involvement
Why were cattle domesticated?
very useful, yielded useful products, key to agrarian revolution, source of wealth, of social importance due to language development, and held in sacred status by many cultures
How were cattle domesticated?
Human involvement
Why were swine domesticated?
swine were pests, reproduced rapidly, so they were hunted for population control, and then discovered as useful sources of meat
How were swine domesticated?
Human involvement, not good herding animals, but content with housing/pen arrangement
Why were horses/donkeys domesticated?
very useful, secondary only to cattle. Used for meat and leather, in warfare, as draft animals, and for recreational use
How were horses/donkeys domesticated?
human involvement
Why were camelids domesticated?
very useful for meat, milk, leather, draft, transportation, fiber, and ask pack animals
Why were cats domesticated?
companionship, and as pest control
How were cats domesticated?
Self-domestication beginning with cats coming up and eating human grains, and then human involvement from there
