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Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Simon Barnes selects the one hundred animals who have had the greatest impact on humanity and on whom humanity has had the greatest effect. He shows how we have domesticated animals for food and for transport, and how animals powered agriculture, making civilisation possible. In short, he charts the close relationship between humans and animals, finding examples from around the planet that bring the story of life on earth vividly...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Throughout history, animals have shaped the world as we know it. But rarely have they received the recognition they deserve. Until now. This inside look at history's most famous animals features wacky verse, cool facts, historical stats, and zany cartoon art." --
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A survey of the massive impact that the humble and loveable sheep has had on human history. Starting with our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep-rearing nearly 10,000 years ago, these remarkable animals have fed us, clothed us, changed our diet and languages, helped us to win wars, decorated our homes, and financed the conquest of large swathes of the earth.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the history of civilization, humans have embraced it in every form imaginable--as a messenger of the gods, powerful sex symbol, gambling aid, emblem of resurrection, all-purpose medicine, handy research tool, inspiration for bravery, epitome of evil, and, of course, as the star of the world's most famous joke. In [this book], science writer Andrew Lawler takes us on an adventure from prehistory to the modern era with a fascinating account...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton and Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on recent research in such fields as genetics and forensic archeology, a scholar of Asian history reveals how horses, over time, came to power mighty empires in Iran, Afghanistan, China, India and, later, Russia, making rulers, riders and traders interchangeable and shaping civilization."--
