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Domesticated

Richard C Francis

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  • 2015
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 narrative. Each domesticated species is a case study in evolution, and two key themes emerge: that domestication often results in the retention of juvenile traits and that evolution remains fundamentally a conservative process. Francis also explores the ways in which these themes apply to human evolution.
  • Författare: Richard C Francis
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9780393064605
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2015-07-07
  • Förlag: WW Norton & Co