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Richard C Francis

Domesticated : evolution in a man-made world /Richard C Francis - New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2015 - ix, 484 pages ; 25 cm

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

ISBN: 9780393353037

Publisher. No.: Variety Books Publishers Distributors ;B-10,Street No-02,West Vinod Nagar ,Delhi-110092

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Animals and civilization

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic animals

Dewey Class. No.: 636 FRA