Domestication

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Domestication

Domestication (/dəˌmɛstɪˈkeɪʃən/) is a sustained multi-generational relationship in which one group of organisms assumes a significant degree of influence over the reproduction and care of another group to secure a more predictable supply of resources from that second group.

Etymology

The term "domestication" is derived from the Latin domus which means home or household. The term was first used in English in the early 17th century to refer to the process of bringing wild animals or plants under human control.

Related Terms

  • Selective Breeding: The process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
  • Cultivation (agriculture): The process of promoting or improving the growth of a plant or crop, often under conditions which are as nearly as possible close to those which the plant or crop would encounter in its native habitat.
  • Taming: The process of making a wild animal used to human presence.
  • Feral: A domestic animal that has returned to the wild.
  • Neolithic Revolution: The wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement.

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