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  • In 1988, two years before Ian’s volume appeared, Wilson published a new book entitled The Domestication of the Human Species.

    The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005

  • But thanks to the wonders of Marriage, (look-up "Domestication"), you can only imagine the look on my face when I opened my lunch box to find, yes yes ...

    Qwaider Planet 2009

  • Avoiding The 'Domestication' Of Game Art Gamasutra Jobs

    GamerBytes 2010

  • Morey, whose 2010 book, "Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond," traces the evolution of dogs, said he is skeptical about DNA testing on a single bone fragment because dogs and wolves are so similar genetically.

    Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011

  • Morey, whose 2010 book, "Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond," traces the evolution of dogs, said he is skeptical about DNA testing on a single bone fragment because dogs and wolves are so similar genetically.

    Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011

  • Domestication has over thousands of years imparted a number of changes that have allowed dogs, cats and other domesticated animals to live with humans.

    Sophia Yin: Why It's Risky to Have Wild Animals as Pets Sophia Yin 2011

  • His many other important works included Variation in Animals and Plants Under Domestication (1868) and The Descent of Man … (1871).

    Five People Born on February 12 | myFiveBest 2010

  • Morey, whose 2010 book, "Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond," traces the evolution of dogs, said he is skeptical about DNA testing on a single bone fragment because dogs and wolves are so similar genetically.

    Man's Best Friend: Study Identifies 9,400-Year-Old Dog AP 2011

  • Domestication has over thousands of years imparted a number of changes that have allowed dogs, cats and other domesticated animals to live with humans.

    Sophia Yin: Why It's Risky to Have Wild Animals as Pets Sophia Yin 2011

  • "Objectified: The Domestication of the Industrial" at Honfleur culls objects related to commercial products -- building materials, toasters -- that are scaled down for personal or domestic settings.

    Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design 2010

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