Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World (eBook)

Richard C. Francis (Autor)

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2015
496 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-24651-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 "e;domestication"e;. 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 100 illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Breed • Camel • Cat • Culturally • develops • differing • dogged • domesticator • Evo Devo • Evolutionary • figuring • generative • Genetics • horse • Humanity • likely • Long • New • Pig • populated • reindeer • relatives • selectivity • species • Wildness
• ISBN-10: 0-393-24651-5 / 0393246515
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24651-3 / 9780393246513