Title: Domesticated animals from early times /
Authors: Clutton-Brock, Juliet.; British Museum (Natural History)
Publisher: British Museum (Natural History) : Heinemann,
Year: 1981
Subjects: Domestic animals.; Animals, Domestic
Contents: Introduction: Man's place in nature at the end of the ice age -- Man-made animals -- Domestication as a biological process -- Selective breeding and the definition of a breed -- Dogs -- The origins of domestic livestock -- why bother to farm -- Sheep and goats -- Cattle -- Pigs -- Horses -- Asses, mules and hinnies -- Exploited captives -- Cats -- Elephants -- Camels and llamas -- Reindeer -- Asiatic cattle, excluding the zebu -- Small mammals -- The rabbit and the ferret -- Rodents and carnivores exploited for food and fur -- Exploited ungulates in the pre-Neolithic period -- The meat supply of hunter-gatherers -- Experimental domestication and game ranching, past and present -- The cheetah, sirenians, deer, and bovids -- Conclusions: The geography of domestication.