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Tamed

Tamed

by Alice M. Roberts

Natural historyAnimalsAnimals and civilizationHistoryDomestikation
4.0
Open Library
Open Library

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Ten species that changed our world! For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals for survival. They were hunter-gatherers, consummate foraging experts, but taking the world as they found it. Then a revolution occurred - our ancestors' interaction with other species changed. They began to tame them. The human population boomed; civilisation began. In this book, Alice Roberts uncovers the amazing deep history of ten familiar species with incredible wild pasts: dogs, apples and wheat; cattle; potatoes and chickens; rice, maize, and horses - and, finally, humans. Alice Roberts not only reveals how becoming part of our world changed these animals and plants, but shows how they became our allies, essential to the survival and success of our own species - and to our future.

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Natural historyAnimalsAnimals and civilizationHistoryDomestikationKultivierung

About the author

Alice M. Roberts
Alice M. Roberts

1973

Alice M. Roberts is a clinical anatomist and Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She has presented a range of programmes on BBC2 including Coast, Wild Swimming, The Incredible Human Journey, Origins of Us, and Prehistoric Autopsy. She is also to be heard occasionally on Radio 4. She has authored four popular science books about anatomy and human evolution, and writes a regular science column for The Observer. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.alice-roberts.co.uk/index.html

Author

Alice M. Roberts

Pages

368

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9781473538832

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