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Author Francis, Richard C., 1953- author

Title Domesticated : Evolution in a Man-Made World / Richard C. Francis

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 UM Orono Stacks  SF41 .F65 2015    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  636 F819d 2015    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr ix, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note Text in English
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-457) and index
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
Summary Draws on history, archaeology, anthropology, and twenty-first-century ideas in biology to explain domestication as an evolutionary process
Subject Domestic animals -- Evolution
Domestic animals -- History
Domestication
Animals and civilization
Human-animal relationships -- History
OCLC # 891611129
ISBN # 9780393064605
0393064603