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A History of the World in 100 Animals

Name: A History of the World in 100 Animals
ISBN: 9781643139166

Simon Barnes,

496 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

A History of the World in 100 Animals

Simon Barnes,

About this book

Fully illustrated in color, a fascinating exploration of the one hundred animals that have had the most profoundinfluence on humanity throughout the ages. We are not alone.We are not alone on the planet. We are not alone in the countryside. We are not alone in cities. We are not alone in our homes.We are humans andwe love the idea of our uniqueness. But the fact is that we humans are as much members of the animal kingdom as thecats and dogswe surround ourselves with, the cows and the fish we eat, and the bees who pollinate so many of our food-plants.In The History of the World in 100 Animals, 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. A species of flea came close to destroying human civilisation in Europe, while the slaughter of a species of bovines was used to create one civilisation and destroy another. He explains how pigeons made possible the biggest single breakthrough in the history of human thought. 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 to life, with great insight and understanding.The heresy of human uniqueness has led us across the millennia along the path of destruction. This book, beautifully illustrated throughout, helps us tounderstand our place in the worldbetter, so that we might doa better job of looking after it. That might save the polar bears, the modern emblem of impending loss and destruction. It might even save ourselves.

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