AN SC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World War I, Veterinary Medicine, Felis
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14-30,000 years ago, towards end of last ice age. Domestication: care, feeding, breeding, survival of an entire species is under the control of people (cats, horses, sheep) Wild: a species or individual that is not domesticated or tame (wolves, lions) Feral: an individual of a domesticated species that now lives in the wild (feral cats) 6 criteria for animals to be domesticated: flexible diet, reasonably fast growth rate ex) dogs mature in 6-8 months, ability to breed in captivity, pleasant disposition, temperament that makes them unlikely to panic, modifiable social hierarchy. The domestication and history of the dog (canis lupus familiaris) Origins: domesticated from wolves, hunter-gatherer societies dogs likely used for hunting/tracking, wolves/dogs probably just started hanging around humans, not intentional. Caged conditions for 50 years: belyaev"s foxes: russian geneticist in 1950s, started with 130 commercial fur, neoteny: domesticated animals retain juvenile characteristics as adults. Dispersal throughout the world- humans and dogs dispersed together through asia,
