Domestication: Quick Facts

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Domesticated yaks carrying supplies in colorful bundles walk along a rocky mountain trail toward Everest Base Camp, with snow-covered peaks in the background in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal.

Prehistoric rock painting showing human figures and cattle in dark red pigment on textured stone at Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria.

Three hemp drawstring bags and a roll of hemp rope rest on coarse brown sackcloth fabric.

Rows of green Nicotiana tabacum tobacco plants growing in soil, showing broad, bright leaves and healthy foliage.

Light brown goat with long, floppy ears and a white stripe on its face stands on grass, facing slightly to the left.

A shepherd on horseback holding a long staff watches over a large flock of sheep grazing on open grassland near Kharkhorin, central Mongolia.

Egyptian bronze sculpture

Close-up of teosinte (Zea mexicana) plant with green leaves and reddish-purple stems, showing the ancestral form of maize.

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