● Humans knew from as early as `color{violet}"8000-1000 B.C"`. that one of the causes of variation was hidden in `color{violet}"sexual reproduction"`.
● They exploited the variations that were naturally present in the `color{violet}"wild populations"` of plants and animals to selectively breed and select for organisms that possessed desirable characters.
● For example, through `color{violet}"artificial selection"` and `color{violet}"domestication"` from ancestral wild cows, we have well-known Indian breeds, e.g., `color{violet}"Sahiwal cows in Punjab"`.
● It must be recognized that even though our ancestors knew about the inheritance of characters and variation, they had very little idea about the `color{violet}"scientific basis of these phenomena"`.
● Humans knew from as early as `color{violet}"8000-1000 B.C"`. that one of the causes of variation was hidden in `color{violet}"sexual reproduction"`.
● They exploited the variations that were naturally present in the `color{violet}"wild populations"` of plants and animals to selectively breed and select for organisms that possessed desirable characters.
● For example, through `color{violet}"artificial selection"` and `color{violet}"domestication"` from ancestral wild cows, we have well-known Indian breeds, e.g., `color{violet}"Sahiwal cows in Punjab"`.
● It must be recognized that even though our ancestors knew about the inheritance of characters and variation, they had very little idea about the `color{violet}"scientific basis of these phenomena"`.