Dogs
Subtitle: domestication and the development of a social bond
By: Darcy F. Morey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521760065; 9780521757430
Subjects: Evolution; Behavior; Human-animal relationships; Dogs; Domestication; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-347) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preamble to the dog's journey through time; title: Immediate ancestry; title: Evidence of dog domestication and its timing : morphological and contextual indications; title: Domestication of dogs and other organisms; title: The roles of dogs in past human societies; title: Dogs of the Arctic, the Far North; title: The burial of dogs, and what dog burials mean; title: Why the social bond between dogs and people?; title: Other human-like capabilities of dogs; title: Roles of dogs in recent times; title: Epilogue : one dog's journey.