Domestication
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Today we're gonna talk about domestication.Domestication is the process in which humans selectively breed for a certain characteristic in a plant or animal.In the last 40,000 years or so, we've domesticated horsesand cows and sheep and goats and pigsand guinea pigs and ferrets and Furbies and honey bees and cockroaches and skunksand over a hundred other species.It's not just limited to animals either.We've domesticated plants and fungi for food and cultivation of cropsand for also giving flowers to your mother.One of the first animals to be domesticated, as you may know, was the dog,about 30,000 years ago.According to an article by National Geographic, some wolves figured out that if they were friendly to humans,they would have a much better...
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Today we're gonna talk about domestication.Domestication is the process in which humans selectively breed for a certain characteristic in a plant or animal.In the last 40,000 years or so, we've domesticated horsesand cows and sheep and goats and pigsand guinea pigs and ferrets and Furbies and honey bees and cockroaches and skunksand over a hundred other species.It's not just limited to animals either.We've domesticated plants and fungi for food and cultivation of cropsand for also giving flowers to your mother.One of the first animals to be domesticated, as you may know, was the dog,about 30,000 years ago.According to an article by National Geographic, some wolves figured out that if they were friendly to humans,they would have a much better...
