Pat Shipman

The Animal Connection: A New Perspective on What Makes Us Human

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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 descr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-07054-5
EAN: 9780393070545
Produktnummer: 23308145
Verlag: W W Norton & Co
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Masse: H21.7 cm x B15.1 cm x D3.7 cm 431 g
Gewicht: 431

Über den Autor

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