{"product_id":"tamed-from-wild-to-domesticated-the-ten-animals-and-plants-that-changed-human-history-9798893030488","title":"Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDogs\u003c\/strong\u003e became companions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWheat\u003c\/strong\u003e fed booming populations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCattle\u003c\/strong\u003e gave us meat and milk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorn\u003c\/strong\u003e fueled the growth of empires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePotatoes\u003c\/strong\u003e brought feast and famine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChickens\u003c\/strong\u003e inspired new branches of science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRice\u003c\/strong\u003e promised a golden future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorses\u003c\/strong\u003e gave us strength and speed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApples\u003c\/strong\u003e allowed harvestable sweetness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHumans\u003c\/strong\u003e tamed them all--while also steering our own collective fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals to stay alive--until the former began to tame the latter. Domestication has led to the building of civilizations that our prehistoric ancestors never could've imagined. \u003cem\u003eTamed\u003c\/em\u003e draws on the findings of geneticists, evolutionary biologists, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists working at the cutting edge of their disciplines to vividly recount ten essential processes of this vital human invention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDogs, our first natural ally, first aided Ice Age-era hunters and gatherers in Europe and Asia 15,000 years ago. Then, around 12,500 years ago, Natufians in the Southern Levant became some of the first humans to settle down, using recently discovered rock mortars to grind barley grains into flour--thus becoming an early example of a settled civilization reliant on a singular crop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen ideas of domestication spread, so did the possibilities for cities, nations, and empires to flourish. The reliability of corn gave rise to unprecedented civilizations in South America; horses led to new ideas about hunting and combat in the Eurasian Steppe. As Professor Alice Roberts introduces each domestication, she uncovers its astounding global implications, giving readers a fresh understanding of human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Experiment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893030488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Alice Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44988176531637,"sku":"9798893030488","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8fd2335d-3a30-4fe6-ae3f-0f84f52c99f4.jpg?v=1735626513","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tamed-from-wild-to-domesticated-the-ten-animals-and-plants-that-changed-human-history-9798893030488","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}