1. How was the domestication of the dog similar and different than that of the reindeer? 2. Do you agree that our ancestors would not have interacted with a scavenging wolf because of disgust? 3. When would you consider the dog to be the dog, by genotype or by phenotype and do you believe that […]
As with last week, I really enjoyed this reading and how earlier ideals of domestication are being applied to a specific species. When looking at domestication as a whole and trying to define it as a whole it seems that nothing is definite so everything is up in the air. Many theories can be created […]
I found this reading to be excessively refreshing and new. Over the past couple of weeks the investigation on the definition and creation of domestication, although interesting, has become frustrating as of late. It is becoming increasingly obvious to me that these inquiries have no set answer or even set boundaries of theories. I enjoyed […]
As I continue my readings on domestication, I admit that I had grossly underestimated its importance before taking this class. I imagined the studying of domestication would simply involve discussing animals subject to its effect. I never imagined the investigation of its entire cause and effect. Now that I have been confronted with this challenge, […]
Hunters, Herders and Hamburgers takes its readers on an in depth investigation of the causes and reasons of domestication. The dissection of domestication is proven difficult in this book as evidenced by the author addressing both sides of many debates on this topic as plausible. In many instances regarding the classification and causes of domestication, […]
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