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Domestication as innovation : the entanglement of techniques, technology and chance in the domestication of cereal crops [PDF]
The origins of agriculture involved pathways of domestication in which human behaviours and plant genetic adaptations were entangled. These changes resulted in consequences that were unintended at the start of the process.
Stevens, Chris +2 more
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Validation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay to assess urinary oxytocin in humans
Within the last decade, oxytocin (OT) has attracted a lot of attention in the context of various human social behaviors. Besides its importance in regulating physiological processes in females related to giving birth and lactation, OT is involved in the ...
Franka S Schaebs +4 more
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Integrating the processes in the evolutionary system of domestication [PDF]
Genetics has long been used as a source of evidence to understand domestication origins. A recent shift in the emphasis of archaeological evidence from a rapid transition paradigm of hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists, to a protracted transition ...
Allaby, Robin G.
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Palaeogenomics of animal domestication: computational modelling of ancestry, demography and selection [PDF]
The study of animal domestication is in the midst of a genomic revolution, as technological advances dramatically increase the availability of DNA sequence data from ancient and modern domestic populations.
Irving-Pease, Evan Kim
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The results of current wolf-dog studies on human-directed behaviors seem to suggest that domestication has acted on dogs’ general attitudes and not on specific socio-cognitive skills.
Martina Lazzaroni +5 more
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Dogs’ increased human-directed sociability compared to wolves may be the result of increased oxytocin system activity and decreased stress responses, but comparative studies accounting for life experience are lacking. We compared hand-raised, pack-living
Gwendolyn Wirobski +5 more
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Reconsidering domestication from a process archaeology perspective [PDF]
Process philosophy offers a metaphysical foundation for domestication studies. This grounding is especially important given the European colonialist origin of ‘domestication’ as a term and 19th century cultural project.
Allaby, R +65 more
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DOMESTIC CORRESPONDENCE. [PDF]
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Context-Specific Arousal During Resting in Wolves and Dogs: Effects of Domestication?
Due to domestication, dogs differ from wolves in the way they respond to their environment, including to humans. Selection for tameness and the associated changes to the autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulation have been proposed as the primary ...
Hillary Jean-Joseph +6 more
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