Pastoral nomadism encompasses an array of specialized knowledge concerned with the
daily rhythms and long-term tempos of caring for herd animals in order to extract subsistence …

INTRODUCTION According to the commonly accepted “steppe hypothesis,” the initial
spread of Indo-European (IE) languages into both Europe and Asia took place with …

Cattle and buffalo are the main species producing milk for human consumption. Minor milch
species such as goat, sheep, camel, horse, yak, donkey, and reindeer make up a less …

This article explores human‐animal relationships in the North by calling for a fresh
examination of the infrastructures and architectures which inscribe them. We draw attention …

Leading anthropological theories characterize pastoralism as a relation of protective
domination in which humans drive, protect, and feed their livestock and dispose of its life. On …

Reindeer herding probably developed during the Late Iron Age onwards and is still an
important part of the subsistence and culture of many peoples in northern Eurasia. However …

Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …

Explanatory models of how domestic animals entered human societies often focus on
human choices and overlook the role of animal agency in this process. After discussing the …

The idea of “species” is the main unit for representing ecological relations. But what would
an ecology look like if we started by tracing its relations from below the species threshold …

The dog is the only species that was domesticated before the origin of agriculture, when
human populations were living as hunter-gatherers. Two main scenarios explain the early …