domestication

Cassowaries are reputed to be one of the most dangerous birds in the world due to their sharp talons which can kill a person with just a kick. It might seem quite unlikely that such a bird could be domesticated. However, research suggests that ancient Papuans had been nurturing cassowary chicks...

From what i have read. the eland seems to be a promising potential domesticate. How would the domestication of the giant/and or common eland effect the civilizations of subsaharan Africa (Especially western and southern Africa?) https://www.altinawildlife.com/eland-antelope/

Let's say that around 300 BCE a pony-like horse breed is developed that is highly resistant to sleeping sickness by Wolof chieftains as a result of mixing Barbary horses with local Sahel ponies (yes, I'm aware that this was done IOTL with no sleeping sickness immune horses resulting) due to a...

Hello all, So, the beaver trade was one of the main motivating factors behind the early European colonisation of North America. As the European beaver population declined, demand for beaver fur grew, and the North American beaver trade became increasingly important both to European colonisers...

Now now, I know that this may be a tad bit absurd, but could there be any plants/ animals that could be domesticated in the Canadian arctic. Sweetvetch, Muskox and Reindeer come into mind. So, are there any more?

The peoples of Mesocabralia(OOC:Mesoamerica), in contrast to those in the Kechay Mountains(OOC:Andes), and the Mezhapa(OOC:Mississipi) river valley, didn't develop an advanced, state-level society, though the discovery of the Dos Cabezas site near the Ishwacan Lake(OOC: Lake Texcoco) puts that...

What if the quagga had never been domesticated?

How plausible would a domestication of bighorn sheep be?

How plausible would it be for hyenas to be domesticated?

What if Bactrian and Dromedary camels were introduced to Europe during the Roman Empire? Would their purpose be as pack animals for trade, livestock, military animals? What obstacles are there to Bactrians and Dromedaries in Europe? Southern Europe should be warm enough for dromedaries, and...

Believe it or not, hamsters were only domesticated in 1939. Could they have been domesticated earlier?

So, assume that the Equus Ferus species is never domesticated by humanity at the beginning of the Bronze Age, either because of genetic mutations or because of extinction due to overhunting. The Botai culture does not develop. ITTL, there are no chariots to be used in combat, no knights, no...

The Asian elephant is often called "the world's largest domesticated animal", but they're not actually domesticated. To quote World Animal Protection: So here's your challenge: have there be truly domesticated elephants in the world.

The domestication of the ostrich, first by the bantu of the Nile River Basin and later among |kung tribes in the Kigala region [OTL Botswana] is generally regarded as a turning point for humans, with its eggs, flesh, and flexible diet allowing for a high-yield domesticate that allowed the...

So in the process of researching for my North American Native Timeline (working title), a subject that has always intrigued me is the possibility of alternate domesticated animals. Usually when I find an animal that has potential, it's more or less easy to determine if it could have been...

As title says-dromedary camel is never domesticated and wild form, like IOTL, is excint. Bactrian is the living camel species now. What would be consequences? That should have significant impact on history of Middle East and North Africa. Camel caravans played important role in trans-Saharan and...

The Asian water buffalo (or simply water buffalo) (Bubalus bubalis) is a large domesticated bovid of Asian origin, with its ancestor possibly being the wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee). The yak has also been domesticated. The American bison (Bison bison) and muskox (Ovibos moschatus) have...

According to The Modern Farmer, people have been farming deer since the 1970s. The link provided also explains the benefits deer farming has over conventional livestock farming. The one fundamental problem I have with this is that they're still farming wild deer. Which means that they are not...

So lets say that, ITTL, the Tiwi people begin practicing agriculture around 2,000-3,000 years ago (either developing it independently, or through contact with SE Asia) and begin to cultivate all of the crops native to the Tiwi Islands which they already gathered to eat (and still do) IOTL. These...

This is a series of maps of Old World empires: And now look at the pre-Columbian New World empires: We're not 100% sure why Old World empires were so huge and New World empires so small, but a good guess is that the Old World took advantage of a mammal called Equus ferus--the horse...