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9780393070545

The Animal Connection A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393070545

  • ISBN10:

    0393070549

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-06-13
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

Why do humans all over the world take in and nurture other animals? This behavior might seem maladaptive'”after all, every mouthful given to another species is one that you cannot eat'”but in this heartening new study, acclaimed anthropologist Pat Shipman reveals that our propensity to domesticate and care for other animals is in fact among our species' greatest strengths. For the last 2.6 million years, Shipman explains, humans who coexisted with animals enjoyed definite adaptive and cultural advantages. To illustrate this point, Shipman gives us a tour of the milestones in human civilization-from agriculture to art and even language'”and describes how we reached each stage through our unique relationship with other animals. The Animal Connection reaffirms our love of animals as something both innate and distinctly human, revealing that the process of domestication not only changed animals but had a resounding impact on us as well.

Table of Contents

Prologuep. 9
Begin at the Beginningp. 19
Evolve Without Evolvingp. 32
Attention Must Be Paidp. 56
Is a Tool a Tool a Tool?p. 72
Uniquely Human?p. 87
The Bonobo Solutionp. 97
A Brief Stop in the Levantp. 111
Say What?p. 118
Tell Me All About Itp. 138
Spreading the Wordp. 156
My Cat Wants You to Open the Doorp. 174
Living Togetherp. 190
The Wolf at the Doorp. 204
Signs of Domesticationp. 221
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool?p. 247
Riding into the Sunsetp. 260
The Animal Connection in the Modern Worldp. 270
Acknowledgmentsp. 281
Notesp. 283
Illustration creditsp. 315
Indexp. 319
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