Knowra Animal domestication Animal domestication Animal domestication is the long-term process by which human populations manage and breed animal populations, changing their behavior and inherited traits across generations.
Artificial selection : Artificial selection is the human-directed breeding of organisms to increase or preserve inherited traits. Repeated breeding for useful traits is one route by which domesticated populations change.
Neolithic Revolution : The Neolithic Revolution was the widespread transition in parts of the world toward farming and settled life. The shift toward food production created new settings for managing animal populations.
Domestication of the horse : Horse domestication is the development of managed domestic horse populations from wild ancestors. Horses later transformed transport, warfare, and pastoral life.
Animal taming : Animal taming is the habituation or training of individual wild animals to tolerate human presence or handling. Taming an individual does not create a heritable, domesticated population.
Pastoralism : Pastoralism is a livelihood centered on raising and moving domesticated livestock. Domesticated herds made mobile forms of subsistence and social organization possible.
Tameness : Tameness is an individual animal’s reduced fear or aggression toward humans. Reduced fear can make animals easier to manage, though tameness alone is not domestication.
Fertile Crescent : The Fertile Crescent is a region of Southwest Asia where early agriculture and animal domestication developed. Several major livestock domestications began in or near this region.
Domestication of cattle : Cattle domestication is the development of domestic cattle from ancient wild aurochs populations. Cattle supplied meat, milk, labor, and materials across many societies.
Captive breeding : Captive breeding is the reproduction of animals under human care, often to sustain or increase their numbers. Captivity can occur without the long-term selection and population change of domestication.
Secondary products revolution : The secondary products revolution is the proposed prehistoric shift toward exploiting animals for milk, wool, traction, and transport. It describes expanding uses of livestock beyond meat and hides.
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