Tag: Domestication
The amazing story of chicken domestication
From a wild bird to a domestic chicken, their history is still controversial in the scientific community and many biases in old studies have contributed to the misunderstanding of their…
Animals of science: are our cats losing their minds?
“Beasts of science” is like a collection of stories. Beautiful stories that tell the living in all its freshness. But also in all its complexity. A parenthesis to marvel at…
Hybrid donkeys for war 4,500 years ago
Before the introduction of the domestic horse, the Mesopotamians made crosses between species in order to generate a prestigious and useful mount in war. A hybridization between equines made it…