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Hallmark means the main identifying feature.
Wild plants and animals
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Select ones brought under human control
domestication
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Cared for and bred by humans
cultivation and husbandry
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New breeds developed
The hallmark was domestication - bringing chosen plants and animals under human control.
By growing crops and breeding animals, people also created new breeds .
Word meanings:
- Domestication - taming wild animals and growing wild plants under human care.
- Cultivation - growing crops on land.
- Husbandry - the care and breeding of animals.
- Breed - a particular type of an animal or plant, developed by humans.
