animal domestication

animal that is relatively tolerant of human presence

To adapt to a life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans.

Ancestors had been domesticated have reverted and now live in a wild state

Living in a natural, undomesticated state

Human action to enhance resource yield or predictability. Most herbivores and pigs

Animal moves into areas with humans and later develops partnership with humans. Cats and dogs

Humans deliberately set out to domesticate a species. Horses.

temperament, social structure, adaptability, utility to humans, genetic flexability

ability to breed in captivity and for their calm temperament

commensal, prey, directed

facilitated change from hunter/gatherer to agrarian society, allowed the development of civilizations

Canis lupus familiaris, domesticated around 15,000 to 40,000 years ago, initially used for hunting, now used for companionship and service

ovis aries, domesticated 9,000 BC, mouflon in Eurasia, good size and highly gregarious, lots of useful products

capra hircus, domesticated 8,000 BC, wild in Eurasia and Middle East, good size and highlighy gregarious, lots of useful products

5,800 BC, Bos Turuas Turuas, Eurasia, good use of products, key to agarian revolution

sus scrofa, 7,000 BC, Eurasia, hunted for control and food, not good herding animal

4,000 BC, equips caballus, good for meat, milk, and leather, used for warfare and draft

12,000 years ago, felis catus, Europe and Asia, commensal pathway, least domesticated,

gallus gallus, 5,500 BC, meat, eggs, feathers,

asian water buffalo,(South Asia) yaks(tibet, Nepal, Mongolia)

dromedary camel(asia, one hump) Bactrian camel(two humps, Mongolia) Llama and alpaca(South America)