engineering by controlling the reproduction of a plant or animal that is predisposed to human interactions, started in the Fertile Crescent. The first animal to be domesticated was the dog, which proved to be extremely useful, guarding the villages as well as cleaning them by scavenging. Soon, sheep, pigs, cows, and horses were also domesticated, through a long procedure. Plants were just as difficult to domesticate. Women gathered the wild forms and, after studying them, figured out how to care for them…
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