The research indicates that the domestication of animals has a much broader impact on our knowledge about human-animal relationship than previously believed. For example, it's thought that the capacity of dogs to be aware of information from humans is the result of changes to the brain from bec...
Animals are classified into taxa in a hierarchical manner. For example, the grey wolf is classified as follows: KingdomAnimalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Carnivora Family Canidae Genus Canis Species lupus Well-known species of organisms have common or vernacular names. These are often loca...
) is the most common species kept in backyard farming throughout the world. For example, the majority of the backyard farmers in Chile, New Zealand (North Island) and Egypt prefer to rear domestic chicken (Abdelwhab and Hafez, 2011; Hamilton-West et al., 2012; Zheng et al., 2010). ...
Peopl e bred thes e heavy, tall horses to pull larg e vehicles us e d for carrying heavy loads.T h e domestication of horses has h a d great ef fects on societies. For example, hors e wer e im portant tools in th e advancement of modern a griculture. Using them to pull ...
Thomas. "Evolution of Lactase Persistence: An Example of Human Niche Construction." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366, no. 1566 (2011): 863-77.Gerbault P, Liebert A, Itan Y, Powell A, Currat M, Burger J, Swallow DM, Thomas MG: Evolution of ...
Many experiments have shown that biodiversity enhances ecosystem functioning. However, we have little understanding of how environmental heterogeneity shapes the effect of diversity on ecosystem functioning and to what extent this diversity effect is med
While narratives of the spread of agriculture are central to interpretation of African history, hard evidence of past crops and cultivation practices are s
There have instead been bursts of evolutionary activity as for example when large fresh water lakes (Baikal, Tanganyika, and Lanao) were created de novo. (2) Recent studies of introgression (hybridization and subsequent back-crossing) have demonstrated that under the influence of man evolution has...
Likelihood of exposure and colonisation by specific zoonotic agents is dependent on species, geographical location and prevalence in the environment and prevalence in other wildlife reservoirs. Crocodiles, for example, have been frequently found to be colonised with Salmonella, while the reported prevalence...
The latter could help reduce or prevent the occurrence of inbreeding and widespread sensitivity towards animal diseases, for example. • Concerns for humans, such as the safety of cloned animals for humans and also the possible extension of animal technology to misuse in human • Environmental ...