Roberts, Dr. Alice
Tamed
- ISBN 13:
- 9781786090010
- author:
- Roberts, Dr. Alice
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Windmill Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 129 mm X 198 mm
- Genre:
- Science, Biology, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Dogs became our companions, while wheat fed a booming population. Cattle gave us meat and milk, maize fuelled the growth of empires, and potatoes brought us feast and famine. Chickens led us to wonder about tomorrow, rice promised us a golden future, and horses gave us strength and speed. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals to stay alive - until they began to tame them. This remarkable story combines archaeology and cutting-edge genetics to reveal the fascinating origins of ten crucial domesticated species and how they transformed us. Alice Roberts urges us to look again at our relationship with the natural world - and our huge influence upon it, in a world creaking under the strain of human activity.
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