From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   reader wrote:   
      
   > Humans gathering by hand got the most break resistant grains which in time   
   > were planted on purpose.  That selection increased so that in time only   
   > break resistant varieties remained.   
      
   So thousands of years of disallowing the most resistant plants from   
   reproducing resulting in more resistant plants?   
      
   It's not a good model.   
      
   > Only after agriculture was well underway did breeding on purpose for a   
   desired result   
   > begin.   
      
   Plenty of ancient and dare I say "Primitive" cultures had figured out the   
   connection between boinking and giving birth. So it's really only a matter   
   of recognizing that many traits are inheritable.   
      
            ...that might've happened before the domestication of animals. The   
   knowledge might've already been there waiting for a new application by   
   the time the first goat was domesticated. I would be surprised if it did not   
   pre date agriculture. In fact, I strongly believe that domesticated animals   
   had a hand in the acquisition of agriculture -- as a means to keep their   
   meat sources plump.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   -- --   
      
   https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/189154754743   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)