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But whereas people artificially selected against aggressive traits when domesticating dogs, similar changes seem to have happened naturally in bonobos—a process known as “self-domestication” that might also have occurred in humans.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 12, 2024

"At Titicaca, Andeans accomplished the remarkable achievement of domesticating plants like the potato, leaving behind a nutritious legacy that is still appreciated today," he said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

A few thousand years later they began domesticating cotton.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

There is a sense in which we domesticated ourselves in the process of domesticating plants.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2023

Still, our list of triumphs lacks many wild plants that, despite their value as food, we never succeeded in domesticating.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond