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Domestication of animals

Domestication of animals. Domestication as process. Human selection for desirable traits controlled breeding. How do you recognize a domesticated animal?. What criteria are used.

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Domestication of animals

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  1. Domestication of animals

  2. Domestication as process Human selection for desirable traits controlled breeding

  3. How do you recognize a domesticated animal? What criteria are used

  4. “It’s Bob alright…but look at those vacuous eyes, that stupid grin on his face --- he’s been domesticated, I tell you.”

  5. Common (biological) criteria • Size - domesticates tend to be smaller • less sexually dimorphic • neotonous characteristics • domesticates resemble juveniles of wild forms • Explosion in genetic research

  6. Maned wolf Coyote St. Bernard

  7. domesticated vs. tended • May tend animals- but genetically are wild • keep in pens • Feed (deer fed corn) • transport to new areas • hutias in the Caribbean

  8. Old World Animals Dog – Oldest, but not for food Sheep Goat Pig Cow Camel Chicken

  9. WATER BUFFALO

  10. CHINA - PIGS, CATTLE, CHICKENS WATER BUFFALO – for work

  11. Cultural criteria for domestication Imagery, shrines

  12. CATAL HUYUK Çatalhöyük Turkey (Neolithic)

  13. Turkey • had domestic sheep, goats, and CATTLE • wheat, barley • Wild fruits, nuts

  14. Cattle shrines Bull worship cult

  15. Modern Pastoralists Andean herders

  16. Masai • Cattle are not eaten • Use milk –various forms • Blood – cattle are bled

  17. New World Animal Domestication • 2 centers • Mesoamerica - Central Mexican highlands • Central Andean region

  18. Mesoamerica • Turkey • Muscovy duck • sting less bee • dog- hairless dog

  19. Central Andes • New World camelids (3500 B.C. cave sites) • llama (from guanaco) • alpaca (from vicuna) • guinea pig (3500 B.C.) • dog

  20. Camelidae of the Americas Wild ancestors = guanacos and vicunas Alpacas Llamas

  21. Charki (dried camelid meat) = Jerky Chayro – type of soup, Bolivia

  22. Guinea pigs

  23. Secondary Products Items animal provides over lifetime wool, dung, milk, blood

  24. Animals of utility • Traction • Transport • as pack animals • as personal transport • Protection • Companionship - pets

  25. Animal provides at death= non-renewable Meat, organs, hide, fat, sinew

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