Dogs : domestication and the development of a social bond
| 1. Verfasser: |
Morey, Darcy, 1956-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxiv, 356 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Preamble to the dog's journey through time
- Immediate ancestry
- Evidence of dog domestication and its timing : morphological and contextual indications
- Domestication of dogs and other organisms
- The roles of dogs in past human societies
- Dogs of the Arctic, the Far North
- The burial of dogs, and what dog burials mean
- Why the social bond between dogs and people?
- Other human-like capabilities of dogs
- Roles of dogs in recent times
- Epilogue : one dog's journey.
