Self-domesticate
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To undergo self-domestication. intransitive
"What exactly is the difference between animals domesticated by humans (e.g. dogs, birds) and self-domesticated animals (e.g. humans, and potentially also bonobos; see Hare, 2017; Hare et al., 2012; Kovalaskas et al. 2021), whose domestication process was triggered organically as a result of internal and unguided pressures?"
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More examples"What exactly is the difference between animals domesticated by humans (e.g. dogs, birds) and self-domesticated animals (e.g. humans, and potentially also bonobos; see Hare, 2017; Hare et al., 2012; Kovalaskas et al. 2021), whose domestication process was triggered organically as a result of internal and unguided pressures?"
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