Random House presents the audiobook release of Tamed, written and go through by Alice Roberts.

The extraordinary story of 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 professionals, taking the globe as they discovered it. Then a revolution occurred – our ancestors’ connections 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 ten familiar species with incredible crazy pasts: dogs, apples and wheat; cattle, potatoes and hens; rice, maize and horses – and, finally, humans.

She reveals how becoming component of the world changed these animals and plant life, and shows how they became our allies, essential to the success and success of our very own species.

Enlightening, wide-ranging and endlessly interesting, Tamed encompasses a large number of years of history and archaeology alongside cutting-edge genetics and anthropology. However additionally it is a deeply personal trip that changes how we discover ourselves as well as the species which we have left our mark.

‘A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.’ Brian Cox

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

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