> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 2 topics, 4 evergreens, 1 source</em></s> #### <s class="topic-title">[[domestication]]</s> > [!wikipedia] [domestication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication) > > Domestication is a sustained multi-generational relationship in which humans assume a significant degree of control over the reproduction and care of another group of organisms such as plants or animals to secure a more predictable supply of resources from that group. > > The domestication of plants began at least 12,000 years ago with cereals in the [[Middle East]], and the bottle gourd in [[Asia]]. [[Agriculture]] developed in at least 11 different centres around the world, domesticating different crops and animals. > [!Wikipedia]- Genetic underpinning of domestication > > [[Charles Darwin]] recognized the small number of traits that made domestic species different from their wild ancestors. He was also the first to recognize the difference between conscious selective breeding in which humans directly select for desirable traits, and unconscious selection where traits evolve as a by-product of [[natural selection]]. > > There is a genetic difference between domestic and wild populations. There is also such a difference between the domestication traits that researchers believe to have been essential at the early stages of domestication, and the improvement traits that have appeared since the split between wild and domestic populations. > > [[Selective hunting lead to domestication of animals]] #### Related - [[Early hunting techniques lead to domesticating farm animals]] - [[Farming domesticated humans]] - [[Selective hunting lead to domestication of animals]] - [[We have been domesticating dogs for 15,000 years]]