The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domestic

It is no exaggeration to suggest that the domestication of animals was perhaps one of the most important developments in human history. It is a phenomenon that

Rapid and knowledge-based agricultural origins and plant domestication in the Neolithic Near East gave rise to Western civilizations.

This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how domestication has affected the behavior of captive wild and domesticated animal

"Raymond Pierotti and Brandy Fogg change the narrative about how wolves became dogs and, in turn, humanity's best friend. Rather than recount how people mastere