### ch00p03 natural vs artificial selection is a false dichotomy > Describing artificial and natural selection separately is a false distinction. It doesn’t really matter that it’s humans — rather than the physical environment or other species – that are mediating the assortment of individuals into those more or less likely to successfully reproduce. You wouldn’t make this distinction for any other species. Take the selective pressure exerted by honeybees on flowers – which leads to changes in those flowers over time, making them more attractive to their pollinators. Have the honeybees been effecting artifical selections? Isn’t this just bee-mediated natural selection? I really appreciate this trend toward “humans are natural.” Bees, beavers, ants, birds — humans are just one of many. [[domestication]] is really just a particular type of symbiotic relationship, when you think about it. See also: [[classification is difficult]]. - Used for [[Review of Tamed by Alice Roberts]] - [[Tamed by Alice Roberts#ch00p03 natural vs artificial selection is a false dichotomy|View in Vault]]