EPISODE · Mar 22, 2018 · 13H 52M
Alice Roberts's Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/332612 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World Author: Alice Roberts Narrator: Alice Roberts Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 22, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Science Fiction Publisher's Summary: Random House presents the audiobook edition of Tamed, written and read by Alice Roberts. The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals for survival. They were hunter-gatherers, consummate foraging experts, taking the world as they found it. Then a revolution occurred – our ancestors’ interaction with other species changed. They began to tame them. The human population boomed; civilisation began. In Tamed, Alice Roberts uncovers the deep history of ten familiar species with incredible wild pasts: dogs, apples and wheat; cattle, potatoes and chickens; rice, maize and horses – and, finally, humans. She reveals how becoming part of our world changed these animals and plants, and shows how they became our allies, essential to the survival and success of our own species. Enlightening, wide-ranging and endlessly fascinating, Tamed encompasses thousands of years of history and archaeology alongside cutting-edge genetics and anthropology. Yet it is also a deeply personal journey that changes how we see ourselves and the species on which we have left our mark. 'A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.' Brian Cox 'The best popular book on broad-sweep history since Guns, Germs and Steel.' Peter Forbes AN ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' 2017
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