Dogs : domestication and the development of a social bond
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Dogs : domestication and the development of a social bond
AUTHOR:
Morey, Darcy, 1956-
ISBN:
9780521760065
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New Yorl : Cambridge University Press, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xxiv, 356 p. : ill., ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS:
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.
SUBJECT:
Dogs -- History |
Dogs -- Evolution |
Dogs -- Behavior |
Human-animal relationships -- History |
Domestication |