BIO 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bighorn Sheep, Fort Yellowstone, Philip Sheridan
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Yellowstone national park, established 1872- 1st national park: bison, black bears, grizzly bears, longhorn, elk, wolves, bighorn sheep, river otters, badgers, uwinta ground squirrels, birds, coyotes. Wolves are reflective of human traits: social groups, family-oriented, alpha pair. Domestication of wolves: first domesticated by man, 11,000-16,000 years ago, predates rise of agriculture- domesticated by hunter-gatherers. Hunters and livestock owners don"t like wolves: wolves have killed 2 people in the last 60 years. Fort yellowstone: no funding when established, military sent by congress to protect yellowstone, general phillip sheridan, national park service established 1916.
