Domesticated
Evolution in a Man-Made World
Seiten
2015
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-06460-5 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-06460-5 (ISBN)
The amazing story of how certain ancient animals chose to live near humans, thus sealing their evolutionary fate.
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.
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.
Richard C. Francis is a science journalist with a PhD in neurobiology from Stony Brook University. He is the author of the acclaimed books Domesticated, Epigenetics, and Why Men Won’t Ask for Directions.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.7.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 100 illustrations |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 168 x 244 mm |
Gewicht | 845 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-393-06460-3 / 0393064603 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-06460-5 / 9780393064605 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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