ACBS 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Coevolution, Neanderthal Extinction, Honeyguide
7 Sep 2016
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(human-dog mutualism drove to neanderthal extinction (hypothesis)--lead to domestication) It is a process whereby humans bring an animal into captivity and take control of its reproduction, for the purpose of producing desirable traits through directed, selective breeding. Mutual dependence and benefit (from evolutionary/biological, not necessarily ethical perspective) There are many mutualisms in nature, but it"s rare between humans and wild animal species (where no domestication is involved, only natural selection. Leads people (in africa) to where honey is and waits for people while they store honey, then birds come in and eat the honeycomb the villagers left on the ground. Began around 40,000 years before present (ybp) Earliest unambiguous evidence of domestication from a burial in the near east with a co-burial of a human and their dog friend. (12,000 ybp) (insert picture here) Wolf scavenging scraps from kill sites and camps. Perhaps began as tolerance of each other. People get intelligence of potential prey, even warning/protection from other predators.
