Selective Animal Breeding
Choosing animals for reproduction based on strength, temperament, milk, wool, meat, speed, or disease tolerance.
Core metadata
- ID: selective_animal_breeding
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -8000 (millennium)
- Region: Global / multiple regions
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Early Animal Domestication (animal_domestication)
- Animal Husbandry (animal_husbandry)
- Record Keeping (record_keeping)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Pace and process in the emergence of animal husbandry in Neolithic Southwest Asia (Bioarchaeology of the Near East, 2014, review) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 70%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Husbandry (animal_husbandry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Animal Husbandry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Record Keeping (record_keeping) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Record Keeping is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Early Animal Domestication (animal_domestication) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Animal Domestication provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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