Anthropology 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Selective Breeding
16 Apr 2014
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Thinking about food production: domestication: a process that is co-evolutionary, agriculture: Changes in plants with domestication: teosinte: group of seeds in a single row. Through a combination of natural and artificial selection, start to see multiple rows of corns (maize) Changes in animals with domestication: goat horns: became thinner and less robust over time because they were reqd for fighting. Changes in animal with domestication: look at what age they were when they were being slaughtered. New technology in the search for agricultural origins: ams c-14 dates small samples of seeds. New technology in the search for agricultural origins. Changes in human behaviour related to food production. Changes in tech related to food production: swidden land clearance, pot irrigation: draw water up the wells to water plants individuals, terracing: carve out on the side of the hill to make shelves.
