Egypt
How far back man began to domesticate animals remains still to be solved. I would be inclined to think that such domestication probably began long before we know.
Where ever man or Neanderthal lived they left scraps from their meals that would have attracted mice and other animals. The work of a cat on these small vermin would have been noticed by the humanoid, not to mention the advantage the cat would have hanging around the humanoid.
Mutual Domestication I suppose!
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080311/jsp/nation/story_9004763.jsp
- Domesticating Cattle Not As Easy As Once Thought
Past Horizons A new genetic study has revealed that all Taurine cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East. An international team of scientists from the CNRS and National Museum of...
- Off-topic: Research Into The Origins Of Food Production In Iran
MEHRNEWS It's a slow news day so in case it is of interest to some visitors here's some news about research into plant and animal domestication in the central Zagros region of Iran (from last week). A joint Iranian and British archaeological...
- Sad News: Maria Hopf
I am sad to report that Maria Hopf, who was born in 1914, died at the age of 94 on August 24th 2008. Anyone interested in the domestication of plants and their use in the Near East will know here name. The book Domestication of Plants of the Old World,...
- More Re Donkey Domestication
Science Daily An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously...
- Who Tamed Who
This story about the domestication of cats leaves me to wonder about tolerance rather than "taming". The human home always had mice and I am sure that wild cats were probably tolerated long before they became pets. When the cats around but there are no...
Egypt
Domesticating Who?
How far back man began to domesticate animals remains still to be solved. I would be inclined to think that such domestication probably began long before we know.
Where ever man or Neanderthal lived they left scraps from their meals that would have attracted mice and other animals. The work of a cat on these small vermin would have been noticed by the humanoid, not to mention the advantage the cat would have hanging around the humanoid.
Mutual Domestication I suppose!
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080311/jsp/nation/story_9004763.jsp
- Domesticating Cattle Not As Easy As Once Thought
Past Horizons A new genetic study has revealed that all Taurine cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East. An international team of scientists from the CNRS and National Museum of...
- Off-topic: Research Into The Origins Of Food Production In Iran
MEHRNEWS It's a slow news day so in case it is of interest to some visitors here's some news about research into plant and animal domestication in the central Zagros region of Iran (from last week). A joint Iranian and British archaeological...
- Sad News: Maria Hopf
I am sad to report that Maria Hopf, who was born in 1914, died at the age of 94 on August 24th 2008. Anyone interested in the domestication of plants and their use in the Near East will know here name. The book Domestication of Plants of the Old World,...
- More Re Donkey Domestication
Science Daily An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear than previously...
- Who Tamed Who
This story about the domestication of cats leaves me to wonder about tolerance rather than "taming". The human home always had mice and I am sure that wild cats were probably tolerated long before they became pets. When the cats around but there are no...