ANSI 1124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pastoral Farming, Relative Humidity, Kashrut
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Domestication: the process by which a population of animals becomes adapted to man and to the captive environment by genetic changes occurring over generations and environmentally induces developmental events reoccurring during each generation. The transition from nature to captivity nature and captivity are only extremes on a continuum. Behavioral differences between wild and domestic animals are quantitative in character and best explained by the differences in response thresholds. The single most important effect of domestication on behavior is reduced responsiveness to environmental changes. Concept of neoteny: juvenilization {example dog: domestication has. Accelerated attainment of sexual maturity and reproductive capabilities in some animals. Prolonged other developmental processes in some animals. Anthropomorphism: attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Sentience: the ability to feel, perceive, or be conscious, or to experience subjectivity. Wild animal: animals living in a natural, undomesticated state.
