Literally had put the book down at this section when I saw this post. Was like seeing double.
That said, I think the “who domesticated whom” question is a little bit of a farce in itself. In reality, there’s no agent making informed decisions to domesticate; it’s the result of two adjacent processes benefiting from being around each other, and over time, variations in the communities that fit the environment better sticking around. “Simple” evolution. Ascribing agency to it seems a little silly.
Literally had put the book down at this section when I saw this post. Was like seeing double.
That said, I think the “who domesticated whom” question is a little bit of a farce in itself. In reality, there’s no agent making informed decisions to domesticate; it’s the result of two adjacent processes benefiting from being around each other, and over time, variations in the communities that fit the environment better sticking around. “Simple” evolution. Ascribing agency to it seems a little silly.