Humans have manipulated and changed the way of life of other mammals for thousands of years. This new second edition of A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals explores recent progress in understanding the origins of domestication and its spread, both biologically and culturally, across the world. The author includes current archaeological evidence for the earliest dating of domestication of each species, reflecting the recent growth of such studies. This second edition is printed in full color throughout.
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"...an excellent, thorough treatment of the history of domestication." New Scientist
"...an up-to-date, well-written and superbly illustrated survey of domestication and the early history of mammals." Times Literary Supplement
"This book is very interesting, well written and easy to read...It is a well-balanced mix of the history of domestication and of how these domesticated mammals have been integrated in human society for various economic, cultural and aesthetic reasons." Canadian Society of Zoology Bulletin
"...an up-to-date, well-written and superbly illustrated survey of domestication and the early history of mammals." Times Literary Supplement
"This book is very interesting, well written and easy to read...It is a well-balanced mix of the history of domestication and of how these domesticated mammals have been integrated in human society for various economic, cultural and aesthetic reasons." Canadian Society of Zoology Bulletin
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Animals, especially mammals, have always been a part of human society. For thousands of years, humans have manipulated and changed the way of life of other mammals, and have depended on these animals for their survival. This new edition of A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals explores the origins of domestication and its spread, both biologically and culturally, across the world. It contains up-to-date information on all the wild species of mammals that are the ancestors of the domestic ones we know today.
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This is a great book on an often ignored topic. It is well-written, scientific, and has beautiful illustrations. I highly recommend this as an introduction to the topic. I am fascinated by anthrozoology, and as far as I see it, this text is another "must have" in the anthrozoological library. The domestication of animals has changed the human race in so many ways. We humans have to attempt to step outside our species to truly understand ourselves. This book is well worth the price. I do have a question for the author though, it's been 10 years now, where is the new edition? Don't hold back on us Juliet Clutton-Brock.
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a good introduction to the topic,
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This book is well written and researched. It has numerous photos and lovely illustrations. I learned an amusing term for housecats - "exploiting captive". My only complaint is that the book was too short.
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No one would deny that goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and horses are supremely successful domestic animals and that human populations in most parts of the world have relied on them for some thousands of years, that is in broad terms since the Neolithic period, around 9000 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
domestic donkey, domestic mammals, humped cattle, walking larder, horn cores, submissive behaviour, shoulder stripe, economic prehistory, domestic horses, wild progenitor, lacrimal bone, livestock animals, zebu cattle, geographical races Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, North Africa, Middle East, South American, Bronze Age, Geoffrey Kinns, Alexander the Great, Upper Palaeolithic, Kung San, Near East, Beni Hasan, Great Dane, Indus Valley, Middle Ages, New World, Order Rodentia, Red Sea, The Natural History Museum, West Africa, Grime's Graves, Puna of Junin, United States, Upper Pleistocene New!
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No one would deny that goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and horses are supremely successful domestic animals and that human populations in most parts of the world have relied on them for some thousands of years, that is in broad terms since the Neolithic period, around 9000 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
domestic donkey, domestic mammals, humped cattle, walking larder, horn cores, submissive behaviour, shoulder stripe, economic prehistory, domestic horses, wild progenitor, lacrimal bone, livestock animals, zebu cattle, geographical races Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, North Africa, Middle East, South American, Bronze Age, Geoffrey Kinns, Alexander the Great, Upper Palaeolithic, Kung San, Near East, Beni Hasan, Great Dane, Indus Valley, Middle Ages, New World, Order Rodentia, Red Sea, The Natural History Museum, West Africa, Grime's Graves, Puna of Junin, United States, Upper Pleistocene New!
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- Beni Hasan: Pt. 1 (Archaeological Survey Memoirs) by P.E. Newberry on page 20, and Back Matter
- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin on page 47
- Just So Stories by Illus. Salter Rudyard Kipling on page 133
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT: THE RISE OF MACEDONIA 359-323 BC. by Jeff. Jonas in Back Matter
- On the Origin of Species (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 47
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- How the Earthquake Bird Got Its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature by H.H. Shugart in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Life in Biblical Israel (Library of Ancient Israel) by Philip J. King on page 117, and Back Matter
- The Platypus and the Mermaid: And Other Figments of the Classifying Imagination by Harriet Ritvo in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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