Domestic animal

The distribution of the first domesticated animals and crops along the coastal area of Atlantic NW Europe, which triggered the transition from a hunter-gatherer-fisher to a farmer-herder economy, has been debated for many decades among archaeologists. While some advocate a gradual transition in which indigenous hunter-gatherers from the very beginning of the 5th millennium cal BC progressively adopted Neolithic commodities, others are more in favor of a rapid transition near the end of the 5th millennium caused by a further northwest migration of farmers-herders colonizing the lowlands. Here, radiocarbon dated bones from sheep/goat and possibly also cattle are presented which provide the first hard evidence of an early introduction of domesticated animals within a hunter-gatherer context in NW Belgium, situated ca. 80 km north of the agro-pastoral frontier. Based on their isotope signal it is suggested that these first domesticates were probably not merely obtained through exchange with contemporaneous farmers but were kept locally, providing evidence of small-scale local stockbreeding in the lowlands maybe as early as ca. 4800/4600 cal BC. If confirmed by future in-depth isotope analyses, the latter testifies of intense contact and transmission of knowledge in this early contact period, which is also visible in the material culture, such as the lithic and pottery technology. It also implies direct and prolonged involvement of farmer-herders, either through visiting specia...

Dogs, cats, birds, and some other animals are kept as household pets. Reptiles and amphibians, when kept as pets, are kept in special glass enclosures. Many people keep fish as aquarium pets. Hutch, or cage, pets can be kept indoors or outdoors, and paddock pets are stabled outdoors. Some insects are also kept as pets. Humans generally keep pets for the pleasure the pets give to their owners, and this pleasure can be mutual. Pet keeping can thus be described as a symbiotic relationship, benefitting both animals and human beings. Since pets are found in nearly every culture and society, pet keeping apparently satisfies a deep, universal human need. Next to the dog, horses and cats are the animals most intimately associated with human beings. Surprisingly, both these animal groups were domesticated rather late in human history. There is no evidence that bce horses used in chariot battles were an established phenomenon throughout the see bce) in Egypt. This is all the more strange as the ancient Egyptians had tamed many types of animals, such as As has been noted, the primary bond distinguishing a pet-and-owner relationship is affection. As useful as many of these animals are, what The pet-and-owner relationship, however, is not only founded on companionship; since the earliest period of domestication, pets have fulfilled practical, economic ends. Catching other animals to feed their human masters is one of the most fundamental uses of pets, and not only dogs have served in t...

Examples from literature • Beasts of prey are solitary in their habits—the gentle and useful domestic animals are gregarious and social. • By studying domestic animals, see what you can learn about heredity. • I suppose you are well aware that cattle, poultry, and other domestic animals are required to be kept under proper control. • Is a man not as much a domestic animal as a dog? • What domestic animals are used for food? Bilingual Dictionaries • English–Dutch Dutch–English • English–French French–English • English–German German–English • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English • English–Italian Italian–English • English–Japanese Japanese–English • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English • English–Polish Polish–English • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English • English–Spanish Spanish–English

Though dogs are so close genetically to wolves that many taxonomists consider them to be a subspecies, most people wouldn't let a wolf lick their hand as readily as a Shih Tzu. When animals are domesticated, as the dog was, their traits change; an artificial selection occurs over many generations, which, in the case of the dog, probably happened through unconscious selection bias among ancient humans and their canid hangers-on. Other animals, too, saw similar phenotype changes through the process of domestication. When Indeed, there are so many physical traits that humans observe as distinguishing domesticated animals from wild ones that the process is sometimes called "domestication syndrome." As "If there isn't a single trait that is common to all these different definitions [of domesticated], what is there?" Larson told Salon. Yet what if there is no pattern between which traits correspond with domestication? What if those alterations are in fact species-specific, and arguments to the contrary are simply scientists succumbing to apophenia (a tendency to wrongly discern patterns in unrelated things)? Some researchers believe this may be the case — which, in turn, means we have been thinking about domestication all wrong. * * * According to Dr. Greger Larson — an archaeology professor at the University of Oxford — advocates of domestication syndrome simply have not provided enough evidence to support their theory. In 2020, he and several other scientists wrote a Yet there...

Whether cities should enact breed-specific legislation (BSL, or "pit bill bans") for dogs is widely debated. Some see BSL as a humane way of making communities safer by discouraging dog fighting and the breeding of dangerous dogs. Others argue there is no evidence that BSL makes communities safer and that other legislation would be more effective than expensive and controversial BSL laws. For more on the debate on pit bull bans, visit dog, ( Canis lupus familiaris), domestic Canis lupus) and is related to The dog evolved from the gray wolf into more than 400 distinct breeds. Human beings have played a major role in creating dogs that fulfill distinct societal needs. Through the most Dogs are regarded differently in different parts of the world. Characteristics of loyalty, friendship, protectiveness, and affection have earned dogs an important position in Western society, and in the Origin and history of dogs Ancestry Paleontologists and archaeologists have determined that about 60 million years ago a small mammal, rather like a Miacis, the Miacis did not leave direct descendants, but doglike canids evolved from it. By about 30 to 40 million years ago Miacis had evolved into the first true dog—namely, Cynodictis. This was a medium-size Cynodictis gave rise to two branches, one in Africa and the other in Tomarctus and is the progenitor of wolves, dogs, and foxes. Ultimate Animals Quiz Genetic evidence suggests that dogs descended directly from wolves ( Canis) and that the no...

© johnrandallalves/iStock.com The human race’s progress on Earth has been due in part to the animals that people have been able to utilize throughout history. Such domesticated animals carry people and their burdens. They pull machinery and help cultivate fields. They provide food and clothing. As Domesticated animals are those that have been bred in captivity for many generations. While a single animal may be tamed, only a species of animals can be considered domesticated. In the course of time, by selective breeding, certain animals have changed greatly in appearance and behavior from their wild ancestors. There is a vast difference between the scrawny red jungle fowl of southern Asia and its descendant, the heavy-breasted, egg-laying farm Not all domestic animals are tame at all times. An angry bull, a mother goose, or a mother sow with young pigs can be vicious. Some creatures confined in zoos breed in captivity. The lion is an example. These animals are not domesticated, however, for they remain wild and dangerous. How Animals Became Domesticated Another theory of how domestication came about points to the widespread human practice of making pets of captured young and disabled animals. Certain kinds of creatures became attached to their human masters. They followed the camps, and slowly humans built up herds. Several factors, rather than any one simple cause, must have led to domestication. When Domestication First Came About There seems to be little doubt that the Po...

Examples from literature • Beasts of prey are solitary in their habits—the gentle and useful domestic animals are gregarious and social. • By studying domestic animals, see what you can learn about heredity. • I suppose you are well aware that cattle, poultry, and other domestic animals are required to be kept under proper control. • Is a man not as much a domestic animal as a dog? • What domestic animals are used for food? Bilingual Dictionaries • English–Dutch Dutch–English • English–French French–English • English–German German–English • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English • English–Italian Italian–English • English–Japanese Japanese–English • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English • English–Polish Polish–English • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English • English–Spanish Spanish–English

Though dogs are so close genetically to wolves that many taxonomists consider them to be a subspecies, most people wouldn't let a wolf lick their hand as readily as a Shih Tzu. When animals are domesticated, as the dog was, their traits change; an artificial selection occurs over many generations, which, in the case of the dog, probably happened through unconscious selection bias among ancient humans and their canid hangers-on. Other animals, too, saw similar phenotype changes through the process of domestication. When Indeed, there are so many physical traits that humans observe as distinguishing domesticated animals from wild ones that the process is sometimes called "domestication syndrome." As "If there isn't a single trait that is common to all these different definitions [of domesticated], what is there?" Larson told Salon. Yet what if there is no pattern between which traits correspond with domestication? What if those alterations are in fact species-specific, and arguments to the contrary are simply scientists succumbing to apophenia (a tendency to wrongly discern patterns in unrelated things)? Some researchers believe this may be the case — which, in turn, means we have been thinking about domestication all wrong. * * * According to Dr. Greger Larson — an archaeology professor at the University of Oxford — advocates of domestication syndrome simply have not provided enough evidence to support their theory. In 2020, he and several other scientists wrote a Yet there...

© johnrandallalves/iStock.com The human race’s progress on Earth has been due in part to the animals that people have been able to utilize throughout history. Such domesticated animals carry people and their burdens. They pull machinery and help cultivate fields. They provide food and clothing. As Domesticated animals are those that have been bred in captivity for many generations. While a single animal may be tamed, only a species of animals can be considered domesticated. In the course of time, by selective breeding, certain animals have changed greatly in appearance and behavior from their wild ancestors. There is a vast difference between the scrawny red jungle fowl of southern Asia and its descendant, the heavy-breasted, egg-laying farm Not all domestic animals are tame at all times. An angry bull, a mother goose, or a mother sow with young pigs can be vicious. Some creatures confined in zoos breed in captivity. The lion is an example. These animals are not domesticated, however, for they remain wild and dangerous. How Animals Became Domesticated Another theory of how domestication came about points to the widespread human practice of making pets of captured young and disabled animals. Certain kinds of creatures became attached to their human masters. They followed the camps, and slowly humans built up herds. Several factors, rather than any one simple cause, must have led to domestication. When Domestication First Came About There seems to be little doubt that the Po...

Dogs, cats, birds, and some other animals are kept as household pets. Reptiles and amphibians, when kept as pets, are kept in special glass enclosures. Many people keep fish as aquarium pets. Hutch, or cage, pets can be kept indoors or outdoors, and paddock pets are stabled outdoors. Some insects are also kept as pets. Humans generally keep pets for the pleasure the pets give to their owners, and this pleasure can be mutual. Pet keeping can thus be described as a symbiotic relationship, benefitting both animals and human beings. Since pets are found in nearly every culture and society, pet keeping apparently satisfies a deep, universal human need. Next to the dog, horses and cats are the animals most intimately associated with human beings. Surprisingly, both these animal groups were domesticated rather late in human history. There is no evidence that bce horses used in chariot battles were an established phenomenon throughout the see bce) in Egypt. This is all the more strange as the ancient Egyptians had tamed many types of animals, such as As has been noted, the primary bond distinguishing a pet-and-owner relationship is affection. As useful as many of these animals are, what The pet-and-owner relationship, however, is not only founded on companionship; since the earliest period of domestication, pets have fulfilled practical, economic ends. Catching other animals to feed their human masters is one of the most fundamental uses of pets, and not only dogs have served in t...