domestication
Making animals dependent
Domestication is the process of taming wild animals or plants for human use over generations.
Dogs emerged through domestication of wolves; wheat through domestication of wild grasses.
The term extends to cultural adaptation: the domestication of foreign customs.
To speak of someone's domestication is to suggest they've been trained for household life: Marriage completed his domestication.
Farm management practice
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
genetics · crossbreeding · bloodline · stud · heredity · docility · tameness · feral
Cultivating land for food
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
tillage · sowing · plowing · fertilizer · husbandry · horticulture · agronomy · monoculture
Developing abilities through practice
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- gentlingMaking docile or calm
- subduingBringing under control
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
habituation · socialization · obedience · discipline · falconry · housebreaking · herding · imprinting
Two-way biological benefit
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
Final prehistoric stone-tool era
- ancientVery old indeed
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
village · hearth · storage · surplus · civilization · hunter-gatherer · transition · revolution
Domestic unit of residents
- familyRelated people together
- hearthFireplace floor area
- dwellingPlace of residence
- comfortEase or soothing relief
cozy · sanctuary · private · settled · routine · homemaking · housekeeping · fireside
Act of spreading widely
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
transplanting · orchard · vineyard · greenhouse · hybridization · cloning · rootstock · cultivar
husbandry
Farm management practice
traits · genetics · crossbreeding · bloodline · stud · heredity · docility · tameness · feral · wild-type
farming
Cultivating land for food
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- harvestGathering mature crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
irrigation · tillage · sowing · plowing · fertilizer · husbandry · horticulture · agronomy · monoculture · polyculture
training
Developing abilities through practice
conditioning · habituation · socialization · obedience · discipline · falconry · housebreaking · herding · imprinting · handling
mutualism
Two-way biological benefit
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
coexistence · commensalism · partnership · niche · dependency
Neolithic
Final prehistoric stone-tool era
- ancientVery old indeed
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
settlement · village · hearth · storage · surplus · civilization · hunter-gatherer · transition · revolution · ancestral
household
Domestic unit of residents
comfort · cozy · sanctuary · private · settled · routine · homemaking · housekeeping · fireside · homebody
propagation
Act of spreading widely
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
seedling · transplanting · orchard · vineyard · greenhouse · hybridization · cloning · rootstock · cultivar · varietal
- animal ethicsanimal ethics, animal welfare, animal rights, animal protection, animal liberation
- animal behavioranimal behavior, instincts, learned behavior, conditioning, social behavior
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- human survival skillstool use, shelter, cooking, hunting, fishing
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- animal husbandrybreeding, sire, dam, stud, captive breeding
domesticationrewilding
Restoring natural ecosystems
naturalization · wildlife conservation · habitat restoration · species reintroduction · wilderness preservation
domesticationwildness
Untamed, uncontrolled state
savagery · barbarism · untamedness · lawlessness · feralness
- animal domesticationBreeding wildlife for human use