The domestication of plants and animals is a key transition in human history, and its
profound and continuing impacts are the focus of a broad range of transdisciplinary research …

The nature of domestication is often misunderstood. Most definitions of the process are
anthropocentric and center on human intentionality, which minimizes the role of …

It is difficult to overstate the cultural and biological impacts that the domestication of plants
and animals has had on our species. Fundamental questions regarding where, when, and …

Many animal species attempt to enhance their environments through niche construction or
environmental engineering. Such efforts at environmental modification are proposed to play …

I present a general theory for the initial domestication of plants and animals that is based on
niche construction theory and incorporates several behavioral ecological concepts …

Our understanding of domestication comes largely from archeology and genetics. Here, we
advocate using current ecological theory and methodologies to provide novel insights into …

The domestication of plants and animals over the past 11,500 years has had a significant
effect not just on the domesticated taxa but also on human evolution and on the biosphere …

Plant life defines the environments to which animals adapt and provides the basis of food
webs. This was equally true for hunter-gatherer economies of ancestral humans, yet through …

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Questions in the Domestication of Plants and Animals MELINDA A. ZEDER DEFINING …

The initial domestication of plants and animals and the subsequent emergence of
agricultural economies, which began independently more than 10,000 years ago in a …