<div style='margin-bottom: 20px;'> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How do domesticated animals differ from their wild ancestors?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Domesticated animals undergo significant phenotypic, behavioral, and physiological alterations from their wild ancestors, making them more useful to humans.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What led to the domestication of animals at the end of the Pleistocene?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The process of domestication took place as animals, especially dogs, found it advantageous to follow hunter-gatherers for protection and to feed on waste and scraps left over.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How did the prey pathway contribute to animal domestication?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The prey pathway involved humans hunting certain species for meat, leading to controlled breeding of these species as a response to the depletion of local stocks.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the primary goal of animal domestication?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The primary goal of animal domestication is to modify animals from their wild ancestors to make them more useful to humans, including control over their reproduction, care, and food supply.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are the key characteristics that define a domesticated animal?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">A domesticated animal is valued for clear purposes, its breeding is controlled by humans, its survival depends on humans, its behavior is altered, and its morphological characteristics have been modified.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Describe the commensal pathway of animal domestication.</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The commensal pathway involves wild animals being attracted to human habitats for food waste or prey, leading to a mutually beneficial relationship, exemplified by the domestication of dogs from wolves.</p> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 1rem; padding: 10px 20px;"> <h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What does the direct pathway of animal domestication entail?</h2> <p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The direct pathway involves capturing wild animals like horses, donkeys, and camelids to control their movements, nutrition, and reproduction for human benefit.</p> </div> </div>