Tamed: Ten Species that Changed our World / The Celts Search for a Civilization

by Alice Roberts

Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Alice May Roberts is an English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, physical anthropologist, palaeopathologist, television presenter and author.

Roberts studied medicine and anatomy at Cardiff University, qualifying in 1997 as a physician with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BCh) degree, having gained an intercalated Bachelor of Science degree in anatomy. She earned a PhD in paleopathology in 2008 from the University of Bristol.

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Reviews

[Peg Lotvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This item was only Tamed, Ten Species that Changed our World. There are probably lots more than 10 species, but these are probably the top ten. Dogs, Wheat, Cattle, Maize (corn), potatoes chickens (glad they got their due), rice, horses, apples, and of course humans. All the species that changed the world, changed it for humans and continue to change it for us alone. Wolves just don't care if they morph into the scores of various dog breeds we now see and tiny bitter apples were happy as clams just being tiny and bitter. The book is still eye opening in many ways and worth the read as all of Alice Roberts' books always are.

[Will Liddell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating subject well researched, but a tough read.