The Neolithic, as the period when livestock were first domesticated, was a time of major transformations in human-animal relations. These changes affected relations with wild animals as much as with the new domesticate. These changes are discussed in the context of the Near Eastern Neolithic, the earliest and best-studied area of livestock domestication. Pathways to domestication varied for different taxa, and human relations with wild animals affected their willingness to adopt some domestic

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... ecies. While the boundary between humans and wild animals was somewhat permeable, that with domestic animals was more rigid.