Ornamental plant domestication by aesthetics-driven human cultural niche construction

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Unlike plants that were domesticated to secure food, the domestication and breeding of ornamental plants are driven by aesthetic values. Here, we examine the major elements of the extended evolutionary synthesis (EES) theory that bridges the gap between the biology of ornamental plant domestication and the sociocultural motivations behind it. We propose that it involves specific elements of cumulative cultural evolution (CCE), plant gene-human culture coevolution (PGHCC), and niche construction (NC). Moreover, ornamental plant domestication represents an aesthetics-driven dimension of human niche construction that coevolved with socioeconomic changes and the adoption of new scientific technologies. Initially functioning as symbolic and aesthetic assets, ornamental plants became globally marketed material commodities as a result of the co-dependence of human CCE and prestige-competition motivations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Trends in plant science - 27(2022), 2 vom: 29. Feb., Seite 124-138

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Altman, Arie [VerfasserIn]
Shennan, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Odling-Smee, John [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aesthetics
Cultural evolution
Extended evolutionary synthesis
Gene-culture coevolution
Journal Article
Ornamental plant domestication
Review
Socio-cultural niche construction
Symbolic-material assets

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Date Completed 27.01.2022

Date Revised 27.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tplants.2021.09.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331701561