Description: 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 Won't Men Ask for Directions? He lives in northern California.
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EAN: 9780393064605
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Book Title: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World by Fra
Item Length: 23.9 cm
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World
Publisher: Ww Norton & Co
Publication Year: 2015
Subject: Science, Biology
Item Height: 244 mm
Item Weight: 845 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Richard C. Francis
Subject Area: Domestic Policy
Item Width: 168 mm
Format: Hardcover
