The Animal Connection

A Professor of anthropology Pat Shipman looks at the ways in which our relationships with animals have shaped our own human evolution. Travel anywhere and you see something so common it may not even catch your attention. Wherever there are people, animals are being walked, herded and fed. B Many, such as dogs, cats and sheep, are domesticated, but you will also find people living alongside wild creatures like monkeys and wolves. Close contact with animals is not confined to one pa...