Explanatory models of how domestic animals entered human societies often focus on
human choices and overlook the role of animal agency in this process. After discussing the
dichotomy between nature and society in these models and in anthropology, this article
examines the respective roles of animal and human motivations and agencies in the advent
of reindeer pastoralism in the Eurasian Arctic. Based on recent multidisciplinary approaches,
it hypothesizes an intensification process whereby reciprocal adaptations by reindeer and …

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