"[Provides an] introduction to the [Neolithic] period during which our ancestors stopped hunting and gathering and built permanent, settled villages where they developed farming, herding, new technologies and new social systems ..."--Back cover.
Tells how dogs, reindeer, goats, cows, donkeys, horses, water buffaloes, elephants, camels, chickens, cats, llamas, and turkeys were taken from the wild and made into animals that live in barns and houses.
Illustrates the ways in which humans and animals have worked together throughout history, from the dogs that helped Stone Age people hunt to bacteria that gobble up oil spills.
