After so much reading on the subjects of rats and rats in the lab I now understand how little I knew about this species. Right off the bat I was surprised that laboratory rats were called heroes and how often rats and humans were compared. I was also surprised at extreme emotional spectrum that rats […]
This was my second time reading Of Mice and Men and just as it had been the first time, I found the book to be emotional moving, more so than many others that I have read. The parallels between the beginning part of the book and the end of the book create such a dramatic […]
The relationship between civilization or progress and evolution is a topic that we have discussed before but it is intriguing enough to address again. Early on in the reading, Brantz defines these concepts and the relationship between these concepts in a way that I understood more than before. Evolution and progress on their own are […]
I just realized that I blogged about “Creatures of Empire” instead of “The Domestication of Empire”, I completely misread the syllabus and will update my post as soon as I can.
Was this guy not meant to be intertwined in the complexities of domestication? To go from the pursuit of gold to the pursuit of grass impresses me much more than it does Anderson. I understand that Percy may have had a keen eye for meadows but I would expect that a perilous journey to the […]
The experiment presentation of this reading amidst so many readings based upon speculations and ideas were extremely refreshing for me. I enjoy the debate that surrounds a topic that cannot honestly be answered with absolute conviction, but the constant back and forth can get repetitive. I find myself convinced of one ideal or notion on […]
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, […]
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