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Farming began then in the few places with wild crops and animals suitable for domestication.
But agriculture could originate only in those few regions endowed with many wild plant and animal species suitable for domestication, like wild wheat, rice, pigs and cattle.
What makes one animal suitable for domestication and another not?
Instead, Fertile Crescent peoples profited from an accident of biogeography: They had the good fortune to occupy the world's largest zone of Mediterranean climate, home to the largest number of wild plant and animal species suitable for domestication.
Their wild relatives have several characteristics, such as a relative lack of aggression, a manageable size, early sexual maturity, a social nature, and high reproduction rates, which made them particularly suitable for domestication.
John Davies notes that such a transformation cannot have been developed by the people living in North-West Europe independently, as neither the grain necessary for crops nor the animals suitable for domestication are indigenous to the area.
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New evidence for domestication.
Provides strong evidence that dog domestication derives solely from the grey wolf and supports an ancient time frame for domestication.
Despite the challenges, the broadband beast finally seems poised for domestication.
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