Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World

by Richard C. Francis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393064603
• ISBN13: 9780393064605
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"