Animal Quote by Jared Diamond

I subscribe to the theory that Mankind never domesticated any animal. They came in from the cold and looked cute until they were fed.

— David Beard

Why were there far more species of domesticated animals in Eurasia than in the Americas? The Americas harbor over a thousand native wild mammal…

— Jared Diamond

The first animals to be successfully domesticated were dogs, which were a big help because they would bark all night and fetch thrown sticks,…

— Dave Barry

No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons…

— Anonymous

“Domestication is a variation of the process of evolution, where the selector has been not just natural forces but human ones, eventually intent on…

— Alexandra Horowitz

“defines domestication as “the human creation of a new form of plant or animal—one that is identifiably different from its wild ancestors and extant…

— David Christian

Society tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species…

— Jared Diamond

“Human beings have been under cultivation longer than we’ve been cultivating anything else. Our cultures domesticate us for obscure purposes, nurturing and encouraging certain…

— Christopher Ryan

“Human nature has been landscaped, replanted, weeded, fertilized, fenced off, seeded, and irrigated as intensively as any garden or seaside golf course. Human beings…

— Christopher Ryan

My father used to say that, through culture, humans effectively domesticated themselves.

— Richard Leakey

We should stop bringing more domestic animals into existence.

— Gary L. Francione