Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World Audiobook (Free)

Random Home presents the audiobook edition of Tamed, written and read by Alice Roberts.

The extraordinary story from the species that became our allies.

For thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals for survival. They were hunter-gatherers, consummate foraging specialists, taking the globe as they discovered it. A revolution occurred – our ancestors’ connection with other varieties changed. They started to tame them. The human population boomed; civilisation about Tamed: Ten Species that Changed the world began.

In Tamed, Alice Roberts uncovers the deep history of 10 familiar species with incredible outrageous pasts: dogs, apples and wheat; cattle, potatoes and chickens; grain, maize and horses – and, finally, humans.

She reveals how becoming a part of our world changed these animals and vegetation, and shows how they became our allies, necessary to the success and success of our own species.

Enlightening, wide-ranging and endlessly interesting, Tamed encompasses thousands of years of background and archaeology alongside cutting-edge genetics and anthropology. However additionally it is a deeply personal journey that changes how exactly we observe ourselves and the species which we have left our mark.

‘A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.’ Brian Cox

‘The very best popular book on broad-sweep background since Guns, Germs and Steel.’ Peter Forbes

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