domestication

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The hunters in Iran’s Zagros mountains who protected and managed wild ibexes, for example, had no idea that their actions would lead to the domestication of the goat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Humans are incredibly efficient at plant and animal domestication, the process of selecting and curating prosocial hereditary traits for our own benefit.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

"If we can find out where and when the first domestication happened, we will also know which human group was involved, the archaeological and ecological circumstances that first made this happen?"

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

An expansive exhibition focuses on the Japanese warriors—from their rise as masters of warfare to their domestication as part of the civil service and landed gentry—as well as their long cultural afterlife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

But no one would seriously describe this evolutionary process as domestication, because birds and bats and other animal consumers don’t fulfill the other part of the definition: they don’t consciously grow plants.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond