Hari Kunzru

There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.

British Novelist

Elton Gallegly

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.

American Politician

Jared Diamond

Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.

American Author

Sue Hubbell

Fiddling with the genetic identities of domesticated plants and animals ever since we had become human. We are the fiddlingest animal the world has ever seen.

Cary Fowler

In the game of life, less diversity means fewer options for change. Wild or domesticated, panda or pea, adaptation is the requirement for survival.

American Businessman

J. M. Coetzee

The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.

South African Author

Sable

I am very domesticated. Some of my favorite things in life are being a mother and a wife. That's where I get the most enjoyment from.

Ralph Fiennes

I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.

British Actor

Anne Reid

I'm afraid sometimes I cram too much into my schedule. And I'm not very domesticated. I'm absolutely hopeless in the kitchen.

English Actress

Ben Whishaw

I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

English Actor

Understand the historical context - 'domesticate' often relates to ancient practices crucial for human development.

Historical Aspect

'Domesticate' involves a slow process of adaptation by animals or plants to live with humans.

Gradual Process

While pets are domesticated, many others are for work, like farm animals or plants for food.

Not Always Pets

'Domesticate' when referring to people, is often metaphorical or humorous.

Colloquial Metaphor

Refers to changing someone's habits or behavior to fit social norms.

Behavioral Change

When used for people, 'domesticate' can imply loss of freedom or individuality.

Not Always Positive

 which a lot of families were utilizing, or in the deserts where all the plants look like they want to hurt you or maim you. The Indigenous peoples knew how to live with them. And another piece like the domesticated piece, with all the agriculture, it's really important, because we think of this as agriculture but we know how damaging this is.

Sean Sherman: Why aren't...

 These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller. This is similar to the changes dogs went through when they became domesticated.

Discovering Wildlife in...

 or cooperative companions of any kind. But cats have been working alongside humans for thousands of years - helping us just as often as we help them. So how did these solitary creatures go from wild predator to naval officer to sofa sidekick? The domestication of the modern house cat

The history of the world...

 domesticated dogs we bred out some of the wild behaviors and this process accidentally led to new characteristics colored coats curly tails and floppy ears add a few thousand years of breeding from the dogs we love the most and you have the huge variety that we see today

Why Do Dogs Bark? PIPE...

 and warn of approaching enemies. Their similar social structure made it easy to integrate with human families and learn to understand their commands. Eventually they moved from the fringes of our communities into our homes, becoming humanity’s first domesticated animal.

A brief history of dogs...

 That's how famous he was. It's true. It's true. So our relationship with animals is constantly evolving. It... It's a really fascinating thing to me, and probably the single most important part of this is domestication, right. Millions of animals on the planet, right.

National Geographic...

 The expression of traits and how they are passed from generation to generation. For thousands of years, humans have observed this inheritance of traits and implemented their knowledge to breed and domesticate plants and animals. However, the science behind inheritance

Genetics 101 PIPE National...

 Back to the cow. This picture, which I pulled off the web -- the fellow on the left is really an important part of this picture. That's the steward. Cows couldn't live without human stewards -- they're domesticated. They're a sort of ectosymbiont.

Dan Dennett: Responding...

 it's really helping you stay healthy. Sure, it might seem gross, but can you think of any other substance that can lubricate, keep your body clean, fight infection, and domesticate a teeming bacterial population?

How mucus keeps us...

 obsolescence so you have a city this is Rotterdam a heavy port part port city and one part that is not no longer necessary for the port and it becomes a very domesticated lovely almost suburban