Francis, Richard C., 1953-
Domesticated : evolution in a man-made world / Richard C. Francis. - ix, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 12: The epigenetic dimension ; Appendix to chapter 14: Evolutionary biology, evolutionary anthropology, and evolutionary psychology ; Appendix to chapter 15: The control of fire and its consequences.
Draws on history, archaeology, anthropology, and twenty-first-century ideas in biology to explain domestication as an evolutionary process.
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Domestic animals--History.
Animals and civilization.
Animals and civilization.
Domestic animals.
History.
SF41 / .F65 2015
636
Domesticated : evolution in a man-made world / Richard C. Francis. - ix, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 12: The epigenetic dimension ; Appendix to chapter 14: Evolutionary biology, evolutionary anthropology, and evolutionary psychology ; Appendix to chapter 15: The control of fire and its consequences.
Draws on history, archaeology, anthropology, and twenty-first-century ideas in biology to explain domestication as an evolutionary process.
9780393353037 0393353036 9780393064605 0393064603
W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795
2014046934
GBB579798 bnb
Domestic animals--History.
Animals and civilization.
Animals and civilization.
Domestic animals.
History.
SF41 / .F65 2015
636