Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World - Softcover

Francis, Richard C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393353036 ISBN 13: 9780393353037

Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

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"This wonderful book tells its tale in spellbinding detail." -- Geographical "An essential read for anyone interested in the stories of the animals in our homes and on our plates." -- BBC Focus "We humans evolve side by side with other animals in the process of domestication, and in this intriguing study, science journalist Richard Francis tracks those changes." -- Nature

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The wolf evolved into the Pekingese, the wildcat into the tabby cat and the auroch into the milk-producing cow. This happened through the process called "domestication". Domesticated creatures have served us well- without them, civilisation as we know it would not exist. Richard C. Francis weaves history, archaeology and anthropology, while seamlessly integrating the most cutting-edge ideas in twenty-first-century biology, to create a fascinating narrative. Each domesticated species is a case study in evolution, and two key themes emerge: that domestication often results in the retention of juvenile traits and that evolution remains fundamentally a conservative process. Francis also explores the ways in which these themes apply to human evolution.

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• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0393353036
• ISBN 13: 9780393353037
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 498