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In the Light of Evolution Volume III: Two Centuries of Darwin
TABLE 5.1 Common Western Domestic Animals and Their Context
Domestic Animal
Wild Ancestor
Earliest Human Association/Domestication
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common Name
Scientific Name
Time
Dog
Canis familaris
Gray wolf
C. lupus
13,000–17,000 B.P.
House sparrow
Passer domesticus
Sparrow
Passer predomesticus
Earliest Neolithic
Pigeon
Columba livia
Rock dove
Same
Upper Pleistocene?
House mouse
Mus domesticus
Gray mouse
Mus musculus
12,000 B.P.
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Same
Same
<12,000 B.P.
Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
Same
Same
<5,500 B.P.
Goat
Capra hircus
Bezoar
Capra aegagrus
11,000 B.P.
Sheep
Ovis aries
Mouflon
O. orientalis
12,000 B.P.
Taurine cattle
Bos taurus
Auroch
Bos primigenius primigenius
11,000–10,500 B.P.
Zeboid cattle
Bos indicus
Auroch
Bos primigenius namadicus
9,000 B.P.
Pig
Sus domesticus
Wild boar
Sus scrofia
10,500 B.P.
Front Matter (R1-R16)
Part I: NATURAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO NATURE (1-4)
1 Natural Selection inAction During Speciation--Sara Via (5-26)
2 Adaptive Radiations:From Field to Genomic Studies--Scott A. Hodges and Nathan J. Derieg (27-46)
3 Genetics and Ecological Speciation--Dolph Schluter and Gina L. Conte (47-64)
4 Cascades of Convergent Evolution: The Corresponding Evolutionary Histories of Euglenozoans and Dinoflagellates--Julius Lukeš, Brian S. Leander, and Patrick J. Keeling (65-84)
Part II: ARTIFICIAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO HUMAN DEMANDS (85-88)
5 From Wild Animals to Domestic Pets, an Evolutionary View of Domestication--Carlos A. Driscoll, David W. Macdonald, and Stephen J. O'Brien (89-110)
6 Tracking Footprints of Maize Domestication and Evidence for a Massive Selective Sweep on Chromosome 10--Feng Tian, Natalie M. Stevens, and Edward S. Buckler IV (111-128)
7 Human-Induced Evolution Caused by Unnatural Selection Through Harvest of Wild Animals--Fred W. Allendorf and Jeffrey J. Hard (129-148)
8 In the Light of Directed Evolution: Pathways of Adaptive Protein Evolution--Jesse D. Bloom and Frances H. Arnold (149-164)
Part III: SEXUAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO MATING DEMANDS (165-168)
9 Mate Choice and Sexual Selection: What Have We Learned Since Darwin?--Adam G. Jones and Nicholas L. Ratterman (169-190)
10 Sexual Selection and Mating Systems--Stephen M. Shuster (191-212)
11 Reproductive Decisions Under Ecological Constraints: It's About Time--Patricia Adair Gowaty and Stephen P. Hubbell (213-242)
12 Postcopulatory Sexual Selection: Darwin's Omission and Its Consequences--William G. Eberhard (243-262)
Part IV: THE DARWINIAN LEGACY, 150 YEARS LATER (263-266)
13 Darwin and the Scientific Method--Francisco J. Ayala (267-286)
14 The Darwinian Revolution: Rethinking Its Meaningand Significance--Michael Ruse (287-306)
15 Did Darwin Write *the Origin* Backwards?--Elliott Sober (307-328)
16 Darwin's Place in the History of Thought: A Reevaluation--Robert J. Richards (329-342)
17 Darwin's "Strange Inversion of Reasoning"--Daniel Dennett (343-354)
References (355-398)
Index (399-414)
