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Domestication of plants and animals

Article purpose:

domestication of plants and animals as transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic
sedentary lifestyle as preceding and not necessarily the result of that transition from paleolithic to neolithic
domestication across time and space, including
- dogs
- horses
- grasses
- tubers (enlarged, fleshy stem, usually underground of plants such as carrots, potatoes, yams)

todo:

see Lil J p. 236 on 3 advantages of Fertile Crescent
break into separate articles for plants and animals

domestication etymology[edit | edit source]

"domestication"
- = act of taming, breeding, controlling plants and animals
- from domestic ("or or for the house") + -ation (making of)
  - = making something of the house (home)
  - from Latin domus for house, household, home
    - from PIE *dem- meaning the same
definitions and uses of the word "domestic"
- domestic (noun)
  - a person who works in a house or home, generally for cleaning, cooking, child care
  - a locally or nationally made product (not made overseas)
- domestic (adj)
  - related to the household
    - as in "domestic chores" or "domestic life"
  - related, from, or made in a country
    - as in "the domestic economy" or "domestic production"
  - an animal kept in a house
domesticated
- past participle adjective
- = "having been tamed"
  - generally for animals
- or having been brought into a home or household

domestication origins timeline[edit | edit source]

domestication of animals

domestication of plants

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-'''Domestication of Plants and Animals'''
+'''Domestication of plants and animals'''
-Purpose:
+Article purpose:
-* Domestication of plants and animals as transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic
+* domestication of plants and animals as transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic
-* Sedentary lifestyle as preceding and not necessarily the result of that transition from paleolithic to neolithic
+* sedentary lifestyle as preceding and not necessarily the result of that transition from paleolithic to neolithic
-* Domestication across time and space, including
+* domestication across time and space, including
 ** dogs
 ** horses
 ** grasses
-** tubers
+** tubers (enlarged, fleshy stem, usually underground of plants such as carrots, potatoes, yams)
 todo:
-> see Lil J p. 236 on 3 advantages of Fertile Crescent
+* see Lil J p. 236 on 3 advantages of Fertile Crescent
+* break into separate articles for plants and animals
+== domestication etymology ==
+* "domestication"
+** = act of taming, breeding, controlling plants and animals
+** from ''domestic'' ("or or for the house") +  ''-ation'' (making of)
+*** = making something of the house (home)
+*** from Latin ''domus for house, household, home''
+**** from [[PIE proto-Indo-European language|PIE]] '''*dem-''' meaning the same
+* definitions and uses of the word "domestic"
+** ''domestic'' (noun)
+*** a person who works in a house or home, generally for cleaning, cooking, child care
+*** a locally or nationally made product (not made overseas)
+** ''domestic'' (adj)
+*** related to the household
+**** as in "domestic chores" or "domestic life"
+*** related, from, or made in a country
+**** as in "the domestic economy" or "domestic production"
+*** an animal kept in a house
+* ''domesticated''
+** past participle adjective
+** = "having been tamed"
+*** generally for animals
+** or having been brought into a home or household
+== domestication origins timeline ==
+domestication of animals
+domestication of plants