Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Holy Cow: A Natural History

As we learn about how traits are inherited, it's the perfect opportunity to appreciate how humans have selected various crops and animals to exaggerated traits we prefer. Investigating the domestication of cows with the following Nature Program helps us prepare for our domestication research. Click below for a preview.

Domestication has led to many benefits for humans, but (according to Minute Earth) the animals themselves have experienced some unintended consequences.

Many livestock have been domesticated purely to be meat. Kurzgesagt In a Nutshell looks at how meat is one of the Best & Worst things in the world.

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