Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World - Couverture rigide

Francis, Richard C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393064603 ISBN 13 : 9780393064605

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2015

Synopsis

The amazing story of how certain ancient animals chose to live near humans, thus sealing their evolutionary fate.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard C. Francis is a science journalist with a PhD in neurobiology from Stony Brook University. He is the author of the acclaimed books Domesticated, Epigenetics, and Why Men Won’t Ask for Directions.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

A natural storyteller, Richard C. Francis weaves history, archaeology, and anthropology to create a fascinating narrative while seamlessly integrating the most cutting-edge ideas in twenty-first-century biology, from genomics to evo-devo. Each domesticated species is a case study in evolution. Two key themes emerge: that domestication often results in the retention of juvenile traits, and that, for all the spectacular alterations wrought by natural and artificial selection, evolution remains fundamentally a conservative process: the Pekingese, for example, retains ample evidence of its wolf ancestry. In the final chapters, Francis explores the ways in which these themes apply to human evolution.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393064603
• ISBN 13: 9780393064605
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible