Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“This completely changed their way of life. We did not domesticate wheat. It domesticated us. The word ‘domesticate’ comes from the Latin domus, which…

— Yuval Noah Harari

We did not domesticate wheat; wheat domesticated us.

— Yuval Noah Harari

“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

“wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo sapiens, rather than vice versa. Think”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The culprits were a handful of plant species, including wheat, rice and potatoes. These plants domesticated Homo sapiens, rather than vice versa.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

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

— Richard Leakey

“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

“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

There's no such thing as "just a domestic".

— Patrick Stewart

“The dog was the first animal domesticated by Homo sapiens, and this occurred before the Agricultural Revolution.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Even today, with all our advanced technologies, more than 90 per cent of the calories that feed humanity come from the handful of plants…

— Yuval Noah Harari