A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling. BRIAN COXWill appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Hararis 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 cuttingedge 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

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