Why redo the history of domestication? Archaeozoologist Jean-Denis Vigne takes us to the origins of human domestication of animals across the planet. Dog, cat, cow, camel, llama or horse, what does it say about us and other animals… Who domesticated who? How and to what extent?
Let’s ask ourselves where, when and how we humans domesticated other animals? From wolves to dogs, passing through cows, camels, bees, llamas, reindeer and horses, how to trace the origins of animal domestication and why recent archaeological discoveries combined with ancient DNA analyzes reveal an unprecedented story that is much more complex and unique than as much as we imagined… A story of coevolution between humans and non-humans in which we even go so far as to ask ourselves who domesticated who? And why? Although the question of why remains the most difficult…
With Jean-Denis Vignearchaeo-zoologist for his work Domestication with the naked eye, published by CNRS Edizioni.
