Contents -- Foreword by James A. Serpell -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Eurasia after the Ice -- 2. Settlement and Domestication in Eurasia -- 3. Arrival of Domesticates in Europe -- 4. Domesticates in Ancient Egypt and Their Origins -- 5. Domesticates of the Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians -- 6. Domesticates in the Classical World of Greece and Rome -- 7. Domesticates in Ancient India and Southeast Asia -- 8. Domesticates in Oceania -- 9. Domesticates in Africa South of the Sahara -- 10. Domesticates in the Americas -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Nomenclature of the Domestic Animals and Their Wild Progenitors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.