Domesticated
Subtitle: evolution in a man-made world
By: Richard C. Francis
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780393064605
Subjects: Domestic animals; Animals and civilization; History
Description: Draws on history, archaeology, anthropology, and twenty-first-century ideas in biology to explain domestication as an evolutionary process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-457) and index.
Table of contents: title: House fox; title: Dogs; title: Cats; title: Other predators; title: Evolutionary interlude; title: Pigs; title: Cattle; title: Sheep and goats; title: Reindeer; title: Camels; title: Horses; title: Rodents; title: Humans - part I: Evolution; title: Humans - part II: Sociality; title: The Anthropocene.