Domestication of plants and animals

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)

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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 *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 of animals

domestication of plants