Abstract
Humans have shared the planet with millions of other animals and have historically exercised dominance over them. Throughout of this long coexistence, one of the most important ethnozoological phenomena of history emerged—the domestication of animals. Domesticated animals have been fundamental to the well-being of humans, providing nutrition, income, transport, company, and entertainment. The historical, economic, social, and cultural importance of animal domestication is briefly discussed in this chapter.
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Alves, R.R.N. (2016). Domestication of Animals. In: Albuquerque, U., Nóbrega Alves, R. (eds) Introduction to Ethnobiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28155-1_32
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