Sentences with phrase «for wild ancestors»

But yes, I think that this general idea is probably one reason that socialization and fear periods have evolved the way that they have — they are a holdover from a social structure that made sense for their wild ancestors, with a closed social group and not much reason to be open to new things after reaching adulthood, even though these traits may no longer be adaptive in their current role as pets.

giant baked biscuits did nt roll around the wilds of africa in bc whatever for their wild ancestors to have hunted.)

Botanists are combing the planet for wild ancestors of soybeans, tomatoes, hard wheat, and grapes, believed to contain valuable genes for drought tolerance and other characteristics, but much diversity has already been lost.

Not exact matches

After thousands of years of inadvertent selection for «tameness» the camp wolves started to become dependent on their human hosts and to even look different to their still wild ancestors.

But they lost some things in the process, like genes for disease resistance that still occur in wild peanut ancestors.

Both paths — scientists are still debating which was more likely for different animals — led to the creation of domesticated species or subspecies genetically distinct from their wild ancestors.

While at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, Cagan compared DNA from the tame rats and mink at Novosibirsk, and from other domesticated species, with DNA from aggressive counterparts and wild ancestors.

Legacy from our ancestors — limited diversity «In the domestication process for agriculture, our Neolithic ancestors domesticated a rather small portion of wild plants that had around them,» said Fowler.

Our opportunistic ancestors may simply have exploited the occasional wild fires triggered by lightning, for example.

For much of human history, our ancestors were hunter - gatherers, mostly nomadic people who lived by hunting, fishing and harvesting wild food.

Our ancestors also began domesticating and breeding animals for food, but the result was more fat in our diet: Wild game has only 4 percent of fat, whereas supermarket beef has about 36 percent [source: Bjerklie, Lemonick].

However, the essential oil derives from the seeds of its wild ancestor, also known as Queen Anne's Lace, which grows prolifically in hedges and fields, and should not be mistaken for the cheaper macerated carrot oil.

Visit your nearby bookstore and you'll find entire books written on the subject of carbohydrates, with authors making wild claims that «there is no biological need for carbohydrates in your diet,» arguing that our Paleolithic ancestors subsisted for thousands of years on diets low in carbohydrate energy or completely devoid of carbohydrate altogether.

That's how 28 - chromosome emmer wheat, for instance, mated with another 14 - chromosome wild grass, goat grass, and yielded the ancestor of all modern wheat, the first Triticum aestivum species.

The idea is simply that for the first 99.5 % of our existence (ancestors back as far as 2 Million years ago, homo erectus), we only ate wild plants and animals, while for the last 0.5 % of our existence (since the agricultural revolution in the last 5,000 - 10,000 years), humans now almost entirely eat farmed plants and animals.

Our ancestors had a very active lifestyle that involved long hours of walking, running away from wild beasts, climbing tall trees for food as well as rest etc and thus enjoyed a healthy life.

With a strong respect for sharks ingrained in their culture, some Hawaiian natives not only continue to respect sharks after losing limbs to them, but also take seeing them in the wild as a sign from an ancient ancestors spirit.

Knowing the natural diet their ancestors would eat in the wild provides a guideline for a healthy diet for each pet species.

Their wild ancestors would have lived in fields of grass, so it is natural for them to want to hide in grass, as well as eat it.

This substantial input of variation from wild ancestors has provided the raw material for phenotypic change, but unique development and genetic mechanisms may also have assisted the course of artificial selection.

The food fed must contain the same balance and type of ingredients as consumed by those wild ancestors... Please note that modern dogs of any breed are not only capable of eating the food of their wild ancestors, but actually require it for maximum health.

A BARF diet... A biologically appropriate diet for a dog is one that consists of raw whole foods similar to those eaten by the dogs» wild ancestors.

For many of us, choosing to feed our dogs more like their wild ancestors is an easy choice.

The main reason for this formula to be on our list of top picks is that it is a meat recipe which mimics the diet of the wild ancestors of your dog.

In the wild, after all, no one manufactured toys for the wolves, the ancestors of all domesticated dogs.

BIOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE ™ FOOD FOR CATSFREE - RUN CHICKEN AND TURKEY, WILD - CAUGHT FISH AND NEST - LAID EGGSMODERN CATS AND KITTENS ARE BUILT LIKE THEIR ANCESTORS, POSSESSING A BIOLOGICAL NEED FOR A DIET THAT»S RICH AND VARIED IN ANIMAL PROTEIN.With 40 % richly nourishing protein, and limited to 20 % low - glycemic carbohydrates to nourish cats and kittens according to their evolutionary and biological needs.Free of rendered poultry meals, 1/3 of the meats are from dehydrated chicken and turkey...

Proponents for a natural diet, including BARF Diet and the BARF World Distributor Network Dr. Ian Billinghurst, understand the downside of feeding a Raw food diet and state that «there are grave dangers that go along with the natural diet and natural conditions the ancestors or wild cousins of our dogs live with».

West Siberian Laikas are known for retaining traits from their wild ancestors, the wolf, both physical and behavioral.

High protein dog foods also mimic the diet your dog's ancestors would have had, when they scavenged for food sources that would have offered them the higher levels of protein they needed for energy to survive in the wild.

The ancestors of the Basset Hound today were used for hunting wild boar in Germany many years ago.

These adaptations have removed the need for them to operate as their wild ancestors.

Although dog's wild ancestors did chew and eat bones of their prey and possibly even chewed on sticks, it is not advisable to allow your pup to chew bones and sticks for a variety of reasons.

She is also a big fan of tubes for helping them to channel their wild ancestors.

Marilyn is acknowledged as one of the foremost behavior experts on Bengals, Savannahs and other domestic cats who have recent wild cat ancestors and for 15 years spearheaded coordinated rescue work in California for these beautiful felines.

The canine world of today is highly diverse in that it may be quite impossible for some of us to grasp the fact that all dogs have one and the same wild wolf ancestors.

Long ago the wild cat ancestors of today's domestic cats trod down grasses and vegetation to make a nest for sleeping, or for birthing.

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Though our domesticated pals don't have to hunt for sustenance like their wild ancestors, tapping into this innate behavior is a natural way to stimulate your cat.

Knowing the natural diet of the wild ancestors of small animals helps retailers evaluate the suitability of a food for each species of pet.

Manufacturers are offering choices that are as close as possible to the diets of the animals» ancestors in the wild because these diets are healthier for pets.

Developed by Flying Wild Hog, an independent Polish game developer, Hard Reset works with an unashamedly simple purpose in mind: to recreate the joys of old school shoot - em - up - style games for those of us who were too busy learning to walk and talk to fully appreciate its ancestors from the mid 1990s.

«Our long - ago ancestors lived by hunting and gathering wild things, a recipe for success that worked when our numbers were small and the wild world was relatively intact.

The researchers are concerned, too, about the wild ancestor of Coffea arabica, so they identified those stretches of forest that would, if climate change becomes severe, be more likely to act as «refuges» for the crop's natural ancestor.