domestication

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Except for a few deliberate crosses, researchers have found little evidence of genetic mixing after domestication established separate lineages.

From Science Daily

The new evidence shows cat domestication didn't start at the dawn of agriculture - in the Levant.

From BBC

But despite more than a century of research, scientists still do not know the full story of how and why dog domestication occurred in the first place.

From Scientific American

“So we should really not be saying that the domestication was so ancient.”

From New York Times

That in turn narrowed the site of domestication to Southeast Asia.

From Science Magazine