Why have we domesticated other animals?
History of animal domestication © Delachaux and Niestlé
By: Caroline Lachowsky
1 min
Dog, horse, dromedary, llama, cow, pig, chicken, even cat or bee, what does our endless story of animal domestication tell?
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Let's go over the history of animal domestication: dog, horse, camel, cow, pig, chicken, cat or bee have been with us since prehistoric times, why and how have we domesticated them?
That is to say tamed and selected for our use?
What does this very long history of co-evolution and domination say about us and the complex and ambiguous relationships we have with other animals?
With the historian of science and the environment,
Valérie Chansigaud
, for her book
History of animal domestication
published by Delachaux and Niestlé
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