Being with animals
Subtitle: why we are obsessed with the furry, scaly, feathered creatures who populate our world
By: Barbara J. King
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780385523639
Description: Anthropologist Kind delves into the importance of the human-animal bond as a key to our evolution. "Being with Animals" also looks to the future at how further technological development may--or may not--affect these important ties.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: A holy procession of animals; title: Humans emerging : from savanna to art cave; title: Taming the wild?; title: Cat mummies and lion symbols; title: Animal souls; title: Ravens, shamans, and dogs who dream; title: Of whales and tortoises; title: Articulate apes and emotional elephants; title: Dog and cat (and buffalo) mysteries; title: Finding compassion; title: Clones, crows, and our future.