Anthropologists once thought that domestication would happen almost automatically once people gained sufficient knowledge of plants and animals and their reproductive habits to figure out how to make domestication work. They now know that

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Anthropologists have revised their understanding of domestication, recognizing that knowledge of plants and animals alone is not sufficient; there must be an additional catalyst to initiate and maintain the domestication process.

Anthropologists Once Thought That Domestication Would Happen Almost Automatically Once