animal domestication

Question 1

tame

Answer 1

animal that is relatively tolerant of human presence

Question 1

domestication

Answer 1

To adapt to a life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans.

Question 2

feral

Answer 2

Ancestors had been domesticated have reverted and now live in a wild state

Question 3

wild

Answer 3

Living in a natural, undomesticated state

Question 4

prey pathway

Answer 4

Human action to enhance resource yield or predictability. Most herbivores and pigs

Question 5

commensal pathway

Answer 5

Animal moves into areas with humans and later develops partnership with humans. Cats and dogs

Question 6

directed pathway

Answer 6

Humans deliberately set
out to domesticate a
species. Horses.

Question 7

criteria for domestication

Answer 7

temperament, social structure, adaptability, utility to humans, genetic flexability

Question 8

General characteristics of
domesticated animals

Answer 8

ability to breed in captivity and for their calm temperament

Question 9

Domestication pathways

Answer 9

commensal, prey, directed

Question 10

importance of animal
domestication for humans

Answer 10

facilitated change from hunter/gatherer to agrarian society, allowed the development of civilizations

Question 11

dog domestication

Answer 11

Canis lupus familiaris, domesticated around 15,000 to 40,000 years ago, initially used for hunting, now used for companionship and service

Question 12

sheep domestication

Answer 12

ovis aries, domesticated 9,000 BC, mouflon in Eurasia, good size and highly gregarious, lots of useful products

Question 13

goat domestication

Answer 13

capra hircus, domesticated 8,000 BC, wild in Eurasia and Middle East, good size and highlighy gregarious, lots of useful products

Question 14

cattle domestication

Answer 14

5,800 BC, Bos Turuas Turuas,
Eurasia, good use of products, key to agarian revolution

Question 15

swine domestication

Answer 15

sus scrofa, 7,000 BC, Eurasia, hunted for control and food, not good herding animal

Question 16

horse domestication

Answer 16

4,000 BC, equips caballus, good for meat, milk, and leather, used for warfare and draft

Question 17

cat domestication

Answer 17

12,000 years ago, felis catus, Europe and Asia, commensal pathway, least domesticated,

Question 18

chicken domestication

Answer 18

gallus gallus, 5,500 BC, meat, eggs, feathers,

Question 19

other domesticated animals

Answer 19

asian water buffalo,(South Asia) yaks(tibet, Nepal, Mongolia)

Question 20

camelids domestication

Answer 20

dromedary camel(asia, one hump) Bactrian camel(two humps, Mongolia)
Llama and alpaca(South America)