A Molecular Investigation of Human Self-Domestication

Trends Genet. 2020 Apr;36(4):227-228. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.01.002. Epub 2020 Jan 30.

Abstract

The question of whether human beings are like domesticated animals in their behavior has been simultaneously intriguing, hard to define precisely, and seemingly resistant to any kind of scientific test. A recent paper by Zanella et al. reports a molecular-genetic approach to it and provides a provisional 'yes'.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior / physiology*
  • Domestication*
  • Genome, Human / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Neanderthals / genetics*
  • Neanderthals / physiology
  • Transcription Factors / genetics

Substances

  • BAZ1B protein, human
  • Transcription Factors