domestication

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By moving and using this wild potato, they may have begun the earliest stages of domestication while also building a distinctive cultural tradition in the Four Corners region.

From Science Daily

The research also highlights how difficult it is to identify the earliest stages of dog domestication.

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Rather than being limited to hunting or avoidance, these interactions sometimes involved close cooperation and management, hinting at early experiments with domestication that did not lead directly to modern dogs.

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Except for a few deliberate crosses, researchers have found little evidence of genetic mixing after domestication established separate lineages.

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The new evidence shows cat domestication didn't start at the dawn of agriculture - in the Levant.

From BBC