Scientific hypothesis in ethnobiology
Experiment conducted by the University of Barcelona to demonstrate the hypothesis of self-domestication.[1]
Self-domestication is a scientific hypothesis that suggests that, similar to domesticated animals, there has been a process of artificial selection among members of the human species conducted by humans themselves.[2] In this way, during the process of hominization, a preference for individuals with collaborative and social behaviors would have been shown to optimize the benefit of the entire group: docility, language, and emotional intelligence would have been enhanced during this process of artificial selection. The hypothesis is raised that this is what differentiated Homo sapiens from Homo neanderthalensis and Homo erectus.[3][4]
- ^ Zanella, Matteo; Vitriolo, Alessandro; Andirko, Alejandro; Martins, Pedro Tiago; Sturm, Stefanie; O’Rourke, Thomas; Laugsch, Magdalena; Malerba, Natascia; Skaros, Adrianos; Trattaro, Sebastiano; Germain, Pierre-Luc; Mihailovic, Marija; Merla, Giuseppe; Rada-Iglesias, Alvaro; Boeckx, Cedric (2019-12-06). "Dosage analysis of the 7q11.23 Williams region identifies BAZ1B as a major human gene patterning the modern human face and underlying self-domestication". Science Advances. 5 (12). eaaw7908. Bibcode:2019SciA....5.7908Z. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw7908. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 6892627. PMID 31840056.
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- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOZT240bTA&ab_channel=UniversityofCaliforniaTelevision%28UCTV%29 Harvard Prof Richard Wrangham