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    management was needed. With the emergence of the Neolithic period things changed dramatically. The biggest change was the planting of crops and domestication of animals. Plants were planted depending on the location. Crops from the different areas included wheat‚ barley‚ lentils‚ rice‚ millet‚ yams‚ beans‚ potatoes‚ and corn. With the domestication of animals there was a steady source of meat‚ milk‚ and animals’ skin and

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    questioned and if often unknown because of their regularity in our everyday lives. While their origin is debatable‚ these animals have undergone a human-controlled process that‚ over-times‚ has shaped dogs and cats into the companions we know today. Domestication is a continuous movement of favorable characteristics along an animal’s lineage. These characteristics include the innate behavior and the morphology of the animal. The animal’s predisposition towards humans becomes a part of its genetics‚ unlike

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    The Americas gave Europe wheat‚ rye‚ barley‚ and oats. These ingredients helped make bread‚ which is modernized today. Other than produce‚ the introduction of livestock to the Americas began. Cattle and horses were imported to the Americas and domestication was adapted. All these new crops helped the market become more efficient and effective. Crops contributed to the economies‚ but manufactured products did too. The Americas produced gold and silvers from the natural mines. The Columbian Exchange

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    drinking the milk of live stock supplied Europe with a lot of diseases iii. Lifetime immunity as a result of exposure b. The North American “Quarantine” and Native epidemiology i. Arrival before civilization‚ domestication ii. Few large Indian cities to generate indigenous density-dependent diseases‚ and few domesticated animals iii. Result = potential for havoc is high should new diseases be introduced II. The Consequences of Virgin-Soil

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    all had advanced technology‚ a large population‚ and an organized work for. I think the same applies kind of to big companies: The all have advanced technology‚ have a lot of workers‚ and have an organized work force. I already knew about crop domestication‚ but I can‚ again‚ make a connection of the proses to big companies. Crop goes in a cycle like this: There good crops and bad crops-people take the good crops-people grow new crops from the seeds of the good crops- better crops grow-etc. It is

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    Against Wild Animals as Pets

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    Pets “Between 13‚000 and 2‚500 B.C.‚ humans domesticated dogs‚ cats‚ cattle‚ goats‚ horses‚ and sheep from their wild counterparts. Although the terms taming and domestication are often used interchangeably‚ they are not the same. Individual wild animals can be tamed to behave in a docile manner around humans. By contrast‚ domestication is a process that takes place with an entire animal species over many generations.” (libraryindex.com) Humans began domesticating large animals because they provided

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    The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question‚ “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had so little cargo of our own?” This question was asked by Yali‚ a New Guinean politician talking to Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond answers this question by analyzing the development of civilization across the globe‚ from the deserts of Africa to the woodlands of North America. Each of these civilizations progressed

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    current state of the world’s economy suggest that we can’t even properly care for the animals we have now. Perhaps before we begin to reach out to other animals‚ we should get our own house in order. An issue we never had to consider with the domestication of our current pets was finances. We have had our traditional domesticated creatures around for millenniums‚

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    for new food sources Hunter-gatherers: Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting and collecting plants Neolithic Revolution: Agricultural revolution Slash & Burn Farming: Cutting trees & grasses and burning them to clear a field Domestication: Taming of animals I – Early Advances in Technology & Art a) Tools Needed to Survive People of OSA were nomads; Cro-Magnons were hunter gatherers Technological revolution: Stone‚ bone‚ & wood used to create tools b) Artistic Expression

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    I agree to a certain extent that human beings have all the right to domesticate animals since they are the superior species. Human beings are concerned about losing their “diversity” if they no longer have the domesticated animals. Domestication is not morally acceptable and these domesticated animals are not natural at all as they are created by us through selective breeding and confinement. Humans should first protect those undomesticated animals living in nature and then use them for biological

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