Questions tagged [domestication]
For questions about the changes to a species of fauna or flora over multiple generations by intelligent beings, often for the purposes of harnessing the abilities of the species in question, usually through a process of directed breeding. Compare [evolution].
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Why would humans domesticate an omnivorous species that has human-level intelligence, varying sizes, and a longer lifespan than humans themselves?
In my world, there is a species of non-chordate deuterostomes with the following scientific name: Pogus pogus. This species is part of the Pogus genus. In English (and in Spanish and in French, each ...
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Effectiveness of war cheetahs
My Napoleonic-era society has domesticated the cheetah as a hunting companion. I would like them to be used in war similar to war dogs but due to the fact that cheetahs are adapted for speed rather ...
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What answers for the issue of textiles might a village of tiny 5 inch people find?
One of the most significant industries in both early and modern is that of textiles, be it wool, cotton, linen or any other material to produce cloth and such. I am developing a project based on a ...
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Domesticated corvids: how useful / how smart?
I'm considering the idea of several civilisations having domesticated species that have not been domesticated in the real world. One of the candidates would be corvids (raven, crow, or both), ...
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Would domestic animals be much rarer if humans could digest grass
The setting is 1000 years ago, where almost every society was pre-industrial farming. This means a society that is about 80% peasant farmers. The setting is in Europe but it should not be that ...
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How Could A 19th century setting effectively Saddle and ride a domesticated Sivatherium Giganteum
Sivatherium giganteum is incredibly underutilized as a creature design and I want to use it in my world. It is a fantasy with around 19th century level technology, magic exists but follows a set of ...
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What animals would sapient cats domesticate? [closed]
So I'm working on a project, Catworld (placeholder name), which focuses on a world where humans as we know them don't exist, and sapient cats essentially replace them. The cats in question are regular ...
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if people are bred like dogs, what can be achieved?
We turned wolves into Chihuahuas, transforming them from beasts to basically rats.
If aliens captured humans and made them into pets, what are the most extreme features humans could develop through ...
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Could an azhdarchid pterosaur take off and fly while being ridden by a human?
Could humans theoretically ride any of the largest azhdarchid pterosaurs, assuuming a wingspan of about 10.5m and weight of about 200-250kg for the largest azhdarchids such as Hatzegopteryz or ...
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What species would make good flying livestock?
Domesticated magpies will carefully watch over these flying livestock like smarter, louder, sheepdogs, driving away would be predators (along with the help of a much smaller number of domesticated ...
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What animals would herbivorous humans most likely domesticate?
When humans first domesticated goats, it wasn't for milking them. No, they domesticated them originally because they kept hunting them for meat. That's the primary purpose, the most aggressive and ...
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How would an underwater race control the breeding for planktonic larvae species?
In order to domesticate wild animals, you must necessarily complete a number of criteria (docility, can't be picky eaters, conforms to a social hierarchy, etc), but above all the most important ...
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Domesticated Bears [duplicate]
I'm writing about a world similar to that around the time of the Roman Empire, only they have domesticated bears and use them for warfare. I want them to be used to be able to break through enemy ...
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In a setting in which South American megafauna and current African animals coexist, which if any could be suitable for domestication?
In my book series, there is a large area of the Planet Aurea called Zebusylvania with a similar climate, flora, and (some) fauna to the Cerrado and Caatinga regions of Brazil in our world. ...
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Is it reasonable that the people of Pandemonium dislike dogs as pets because of their genetics?
The world of Pandemonium is a world in another universe where humans may exist, that is gravitationally connected to Earth in our universe. Over the course of history since the big bang, these ...
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