Our oldest companions : the story of the first dogs / Pat Shipman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shipman, Pat, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Evolution.

Dogs.

Dogs--Effect of human beings on.

Coevolution.

Human-animal relationships.

Human evolution.

Paleontology.

Evolution.

Physical Description:

xii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The unique relationship between dogs and humans has had huge evolutionary consequences, changing the physical, behavioral, genetic, and emotional characteristics of both species. Pat Shipman looks to fossil records and new evidence to trace how the process of domestication worked and discovers how much of ourselves we owe to our canine companions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Before Dogs

2. Why a Dog? And Why a Human?

3. What Is Dogginess?

4. One Place or Two?

5. What Is Domestication?

6. Where Did the First Dog Come From?

7. Interwoven Stories

8. The Missing Dogs

9. Adaptations

10. Surviving in New Ecosystems

11. Why Has the Australian Story Been Overlooked for So Long?

12. The Importance of Dingoes

13. How Invasion Works

14. A Different Story

15. Heading North

16. To the End of the Earth 196 Postscript.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780674971936

0674971930

OCLC:

1235870302