Humans have lived in close proximity to other animals for thousands of years. Recent scientific studies have even shown that the presence of animals has a positive effect on our physical and mental health. Beginning with the domestication of farm animals nearly 10,000 years ago, Beasts of the Earth traces the ways that human-animal contact has evolved over time.
Humans have lived in close proximity to other animals for thousands of years. Recent scientific studies have even shown that the presence of animals has a positive effect on our physical and mental health. Beginning with the domestication of farm animals nearly 10,000 years ago, Beasts of the Earth traces the ways that human-animal contact has evolved over time.
E. FULLER TORREY, M.D. is associate director for research at the Stanley Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland and a professor of psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He has authored or coauthored eighteen books, including The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present. ROBERT H. YOLKEN, M.D. is the director of the Stanley Laboratory of Developmental Neurovirology and a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center. A specialist in infectious diseases, he is the coeditor of the standard textbook, Manual of Clinical Microbiology.
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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1 The Smallest Passengers on Noah’s Ark 1 2 Heirloom Infections: Microbes before the Advent of Humans 14 3 Humans as Hunters: Animal Origins of Bioterrorism 23 4 Humans as Farmers: Microbes Move into the Home 33 5 Humans as Villagers: Microbes in the Promised Land 48 6 Humans as Traders: Microbes Get Passports 56 7 Humans as Pet Keepers: Microbes Move into the Bedroom 68 8 Humans as Diners: Mad Cows and Sane Chickens 97 9 Microbes from the Modern Food Chain: Lessons from SARS, In?uenza, and Bird Flu 112 10 The Coming Plagues: Lessons from AIDS, West Nile Virus, and Lyme Disease 124 11 A Four-footed View of History 139 Notes 145 Glossary 171 Appendix 173 Index 175
Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1 The Smallest Passengers on Noah’s Ark 1 2 Heirloom Infections: Microbes before the Advent of Humans 14 3 Humans as Hunters: Animal Origins of Bioterrorism 23 4 Humans as Farmers: Microbes Move into the Home 33 5 Humans as Villagers: Microbes in the Promised Land 48 6 Humans as Traders: Microbes Get Passports 56 7 Humans as Pet Keepers: Microbes Move into the Bedroom 68 8 Humans as Diners: Mad Cows and Sane Chickens 97 9 Microbes from the Modern Food Chain: Lessons from SARS, In?uenza, and Bird Flu 112 10 The Coming Plagues: Lessons from AIDS, West Nile Virus, and Lyme Disease 124 11 A Four-footed View of History 139 Notes 145 Glossary 171 Appendix 173 Index 175
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