The domestication of plants and animals is central to the familiar and now outdated story of civilization's emergence. Intertwined with colonialism and imperial

Is it time to embrace the so-called “Anthropocene”—the age of human dominion—and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderne

An examination of the concept of domestication against the shifting background of relationships among humans, animals and plants. It explores the relevance of d

A thought-provoking and surprising book that explores the ever-evolving relationship between humans and domesticated animals. The domestication of animals chang

Animal rights extremists argue that eating meat is murder and that pets are slaves. This compelling reappraisal of the human-animal bond, however, shows that do