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'''Domestication of | '''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 | ** dogs | ||
** horses | ** horses | ||
** grasses | ** grasses | ||
** tubers | ** tubers (enlarged, fleshy stem, usually underground of plants such as carrots, potatoes, yams) | ||
todo: | todo: | ||
* 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 | |||