Animal Connection A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

Name: Animal Connection A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human
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ISBN: 9780393070545

ISBN-10: 0393070549

ISBN-13: 9780393070545

Edition: 2011

Authors: Pat Shipman

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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…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/13/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.85" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.924

Pat Shipman is a professor of anthropology at Penn State University. Coauthor of the award-winning The Ape in the Tree, she writes for American Scientist and lives in Moncure, North Carolina.



Prologue



Begin at the Beginning



Evolve Without Evolving



Attention Must Be Paid



Is a Tool a Tool a Tool?



Uniquely Human?



The Bonobo Solution



A Brief Stop in the Levant



Say What?



Tell Me All About It



Spreading the Word



My Cat Wants You to Open the Door



Living Together



The Wolf at the Door



Signs of Domestication



Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool?



Riding into the Sunset



The Animal Connection in the Modern World


Acknowledgments


Notes


Illustration credits


Index