Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History - Softcover

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DogsWheatCattleCornPotatoesChickensRiceHorsesApplesHumansTamedDogs, 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.When 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 she introduces each domestication, Professor Alice Roberts uncovers its astounding global implications, giving readers a fresh understanding of human history.

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