Domesticated

Domesticated: evolution in a man-made world

by Francis, Richard C.

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Draws on history, archaeology, anthropology, and twenty-first-century ideas in biology to explain domestication as an evolutionary process.

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  • Full title :Domesticated : evolution in a man-made world / Richard C. Francis.

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Draws on history, archaeology, anthropology, and twenty-first-century ideas in biology to explain domestication as an evolutionary process.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

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The Physical Object

  • Description:ix, 484 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780393353037, 0393353036, 9780393064605, 0393064603
  • oclc:ocn891611129
  • LC Classification:SF41
  • Dewey Decimal:636

Table of Contents

House fox -- Dogs -- Cats -- Other predators -- Evolutionary interlude -- Pigs -- Cattle -- Sheep and goats -- Reindeer -- Camels -- Horses -- Rodents -- Humans: part I. Evolution -- Humans: part II. Sociality -- The Anthropocene -- Epilogue -- Appendices : From the modern synthesis to an extended synthesis? -- Genomics and the tree of life -- From landraces to breeds -- What's in a gait -- Horse evolution -- Genealogy of horse breeds -- The epigenetic dimension -- Evolutionary biology, evolutionary anthropology, and evolutionary psychology -- The control of fire and its consequences.

House fox -- Dogs -- Cats -- Other predators -- Evolutionary interlude -- Pigs -- Cattle -- Sheep and goats -- Reindeer -- Camels -- Horses -- Rodents -- Humans: part I. Evolution -- Humans: part II. Sociality -- The Anthropocene -- Epilogue -- Appendices: Appendix A to chapter 5: From the modern synthesis to an extended synthesis? ; Appendix B to chapter 5: Genomics and the tree of life ; Appendix to chapter 7: From landraces to breeds ; Appendix to chapter 10: What's in a gait ; Appendix A to chapter 11: Horse evolution ; Appendix B to chapter 11: Genealogy of horse breeds ; Appendix to chapter…

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Subjects

Animals and civilization Animaux domestiques -- Histoire Animaux et civilisation Domestic animals Domestic animals -- History History SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution^SCI…

Writers

Francis, Richard C.

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