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 now understand that knowledge of plants and animals alone is not sufficient for domestication to occur. Foragers already have this knowledge, yet they did not domesticate plants and animals until much later in history. Therefore, some other trigger, such as a changing climate or population pressure, is needed to start and sustain the process of domestication.

Anthropologists Once Thought That Domestication Would Happen Almost Automatically Once