IF YOU can recite you鈥檙e already familiar with most . But have you ever wondered why that list has stayed the same for centuries?
Charles Darwin thought the process of domestication was 鈥渋nsensibly slow鈥�. Hard-to-tame species backed that perception, but it will change once we find domestication鈥檚 genetic basis (see 鈥淭he secret to taming animals鈥�). So what should MacDonald farm next? Tame African buffalo, perhaps? Or has domestication gone far enough?
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