Explanation should include
- a brief scientific explanation for how the species may have become domesticated
- description of the animal species’ taxonomy
- definition of tame, feral, and stray.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why did humans domesticate animals?
- What is the reasoning behind the theory that dogs may have been domesticated long before cats?
- How would the classification of a dog, cat, frog, and horse be similar? Different?
- What is the importance of binomial nomenclature (scientific names)?
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