Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World Alice Roberts Windmill Books

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**\'A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.\' BRIAN COX****\'Will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari\'s Sapiens\'. Mail on Sunday **The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies.Dogs became our companionsWheat fed a booming populationCattle gave us meat and milkMaize fuelled the growth of empiresPotatoes brought us feast and famineChickens led us to wonder about tomorrowRice promised us a golden futureHorses gave us strength and speedApples travelled with usHUMANS TAMED THEM ALLFor hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals to stay alive – until they began to tame them.Combining archaeology and cutting-edge genetics, Tamed tells the story of the greatest revolution in human history and reveals the fascinating origins of ten crucial domesticated species; and how they, in turn, transformed us. In a world creaking under the strain of human activity, Alice Roberts urges us to look again at our relationship with the natural world – and our huge influence upon it.AN ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY \'BOOK OF THE YEAR\' 2017 Σελίδες: 368, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

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