lecture 7 : Taming vs Domestication

Question 1

TAMED CAPTIVES

Answer 1

Asian and African Elephants:
 Warfare, hunting, public spectacles

**Cheetahs: **
 Pets and hunting companions

Snakes:
 Kept as pets in Greek times to kill vermin

**Falcons and other birds of prey: **
 Hunting companions

Songbirds:
 Nightingales, parrots, etc. kept by cultures worldwide

Question 2

TAMED IBIS IN
ANCIENT
EGYPT

Question 3

WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TAMING AND
DOMESTICATING?

Answer 3

TAMING IS AT AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
**DOMESTICATION ** IS AT THE POPULATION LEVEL

Question 4

FERALIZATION–THEFLIPSIDE
OF DOMESTICATION

Answer 4

Returnofdomesticpopulationsto‘the
wild’

 Sudden return of both natural and sexual selection

Noevidenceofcompletereturnto‘wild’
phenotype in terms of brain and body size

 Long-lasting effects on social and feeding behavior

-Generalized feeding in feral cats and dogs

-Non-hierarchical social groups in feral dogs

• highen agression

Question 5

Phenotypic changes
associated with
feralization in the Kauai
chicken:

Answer 5

• Smaller size
• Wild-type plumage
• Brooding and more seasonal reproduction
• Sexual selection for combs (for sex competition-like horns for cabras)