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  2. Domestication of vertebrates - Wikipedia

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    Humans did not intend to domesticate animals from, or at least they did not envision a domesticated animal resulting from, either the commensal or prey pathways. In both of these cases, humans became entangled with these species as the relationship between them, and the human role in their survival and reproduction, intensified. [ 7 ]

  3. Domestication of the dog - Wikipedia

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    The dog is a classic example of a domestic animal that likely traveled a commensal pathway into domestication. [ 2 ] [ 38 ] The dog was the first domesticant, and was domesticated and widely established across Eurasia before the end of the Pleistocene , well before cultivation or the domestication of other animals. [ 38 ]

  4. From the wild to the farm: the domestication of animals ... - AOL

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    SEE ALSO: Meet the happiest animal on Earth. 14-30,000 BC: Dogs. 8500 BC: Sheep and Cats. 8000 BC: Goats. 7000 BC: Pigs and Cattle. 6000 BC: Chickens. Check out these furry animals: 5000 BC ...

  5. List of domesticated animals - Wikipedia

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    Domestication is a gradual process, so there is no precise moment in the history of a given species when it can be considered to have become fully domesticated. Zooarchaeology has identified three classes of animal domesticates: Pets (dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, etc.) Livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, etc.)

  6. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life - Wikipedia

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    Domestication of dogs. 15 ka Last woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) are believed to have gone extinct. 11 ka Short-faced bears vanish from North America, with the last giant ground sloths dying out. All Equidae become extinct in North America. Domestication of various ungulates. 10 ka Holocene epoch starts [106] after the Last Glacial ...

  7. Timeline of animal welfare and rights - Wikipedia

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    Regulations against "Tirranny or Crueltie" toward domestic animals were included in the Massachusetts Body of Liberties. [12] 1687 The Japanese ban on eating meat, which had waned with the arrival of Portuguese and Dutch missionaries, was reintroduced by the Tokugawa shogunate. Killing animals was also prohibited. [8] 1780

  8. Domestication - Wikipedia

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    Domestication (not to be confused with the taming of an individual animal [3] [4] [5]), is from the Latin domesticus, 'belonging to the house'. [6] The term remained loosely defined until the 21st century, when the American archaeologist Melinda A. Zeder defined it as a long-term relationship in which humans take over control and care of another organism to gain a predictable supply of a ...

  9. Timeline of zoology - Wikipedia

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    Sumerian animal-drawn wheeled vehicles and plows were developed in Mesopotamia, the region called the "Fertile Crescent." Irrigation was probably done using animal power. Since Sumer had no natural defenses, armies with mounted cavalry and chariots became important which increased the importance of equines. 2000 BC. Domestication of the ...