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title: What does Domestication mean?
description: "The process by which, in domesticating other species, we domesticated ourselves. When dated precisely, Domestication begins with the Neolithic era, before the Fall proper, which begins with the first city-state cultures around 4000 BCE. What rewilding works to undo. ##…"
url: "https://www.therapeutic-shamanism.co.uk/wiki/what-does-domestication-mean/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Glossary
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# What does Domestication mean?

The process by which, in domesticating other species, we domesticated ourselves. When dated precisely, Domestication begins with the Neolithic era, before the Fall proper, which begins with the first city-state cultures around 4000 BCE. What rewilding works to undo.

## Where does this come up in the wiki?

These answers say more about it:

- [What is Therapeutic Shamanism?](/wiki/what-is-therapeutic-shamanism/)
- [What is the Fall?](/wiki/what-is-the-fall/)
- [What are Leaver and Taker cultures, the Great Forgetting and the Great Remembering?](/wiki/what-are-taker-and-leaver-cultures/)
- [What is the under-world, and how is it different from the Lower-World?](/wiki/what-is-the-under-world-and-how-is-it-different-from-the-lower-world/)
- [What is the Lower-World?](/wiki/what-is-the-lower-world/)
- [What does rewilding Soul mean and how do we discover our gifts and life direction?](/wiki/what-does-rewilding-soul-mean-and-how-do-we-discover-our-gifts-and-life-direction/)
- [How does animism understand power and hierarchy?](/wiki/how-does-animism-understand-power-and-hierarchy/)
- [What is animism?](/wiki/what-is-animism/)

## Where can I find the other terms?

Every term used across the wiki has a short definition in the [glossary, A to Z](/wiki-glossary/#domestication).