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Deer and People
(Paperback)
Karis Baker, Ruth Carden, Richard Madgwick
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R1,369
R1,228
Discovery Miles 12 280
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Deer have been central to human cultures throughout time and space:
whether as staples to hunter-gatherers, icons of Empire, or the
focus of sport. Their social and economic importance has seen some
species transported across continents, transforming landscape as
they went with the establishment of menageries and park. The
fortunes of other species have been less auspicious, some becoming
extirpated, or being in threat of extinction, due to pressures of
over-hunting and/or human-instigated environmental change. In spite
of their diverse, deep-rooted and long standing relations with
human societies, no multi-disciplinary volume of research on
cervids has until now been produced. This volume draws together
research on deer from wide-ranging disciplines and in so doing
substantially advances our broader understanding of human-deer
relationships in the past and the present. Themes include species
dispersal, exploitation patterns, symbolic significance, material
culture and art, effects on the landscape and management. The
temporal span of research ranges from the Pleistocene to the modern
day and covers Europe, North America and Asia. Papers derived from
international conferences held at the University of Lincoln and in
Paris.
Dr. Andrew Root's search for the canine soul began the day his
eight-year-old son led the family in a moving Christian ritual at
the burial service for Kirby, their beloved black lab. In the
coming weeks, Root found himself wondering: What was this thing
we'd experienced with this animal? Why did the loss hurt so
poignantly? Why did his son's act seem so right in its sacramental
feel? In 'The Grace of Dogs', Root draws on biology, history,
theology, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and
paleontology to trace how in our mutual evolution, humans and dogs
have so often helped each other to become more fully ourselves.
Root explores questions like: Do dogs have souls? Is it accurate to
say that dogs 'love' us? What do psychology and physiology say
about why we react to dogs in the way that we do? 'The Grace of
Dogs' paints a vivid picture of how, beyond sentimentality, the
dog-human connection can legitimately be described as
'spiritual'--as existing not for the sake of gain, but for the
unselfish desire to be with and for the other, and to remind us
that we are persons worthy of love and able to share love. In this
book for any parent whose kids have asked if they'll see Fido in
Heaven, or who has looked their beloved dog in the face and
wondered what's going on in there, Dr. Root delivers an
illuminating and heartfelt read that will change how we understand
man's best friend.
What does it mean to be a horse? The definitive and bestselling
book explaining the mysteries of the horse using insights of modern
science. What makes a winning racehorse? How intelligent are
horses? What are horses trying to tell us when they stamp their
hooves and snort? Do horses talk to each other? The horse, long
symbol of beauty and athletic prowess, has made and lost fortunes
and transformed human history and culture, and yet has retained
mysteries that baffle even those who work with them every day.
There has recently been an explosion of scientific research on the
horse. In this book Stephen Budiansky brings the insights of modern
science to a wider audience of horse enthusiasts and animal-lovers.
This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent
burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution,
and cognition. The author presents a new ecological approach to the
understanding of dog behaviour, demonstrating how dogs can be the
subject of rigorous and productive scientific study without the
need to confine them to a laboratory environment. This second,
fully updated edition of Dog Behaviour, Evolution and Cognition
starts with an overview of the conceptual and methodological issues
associated with the study of the dog, followed by a brief
description of their role in human society. An evolutionary
perspective is then introduced with a summary of current research
into the process of domestication. The central part of the book is
devoted to issues relating to the cognitive aspects of behaviour
which have received particular attention in recent years from both
psychologists and ethologists. The book's final chapters introduce
the reader to many novel approaches to dog behaviour, set in the
context of behavioural development and genetics. This second
edition recognises and discusses the fact that dogs are
increasingly being used as model organisms for studying aspects of
human biology, such as genetic diseases and ageing. Specific
attention is also given in this edition to attachment behaviour
which emerges between humans and dogs, the importance of
inter-specific communication in the success of dogs in human
communities and the broad aspects of social cognition and how this
may contribute to human-dog cooperation Directions for future
research are highlighted throughout the text which also
incorporates links to human and primate research by drawing on
homologies and analogies in both evolution and behaviour. The book
will therefore be of relevance and use to anyone with an interest
in behavioural ecology including graduate students of animal
behaviour and cognition, as well as a more general audience of dog
enthusiasts, biologists, psychologists, veterinarians, and
sociologists.
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The Dolphin in History;
(Hardcover)
Ashley 1905- Montagu; Created by William Andrews Clark Memorial Library; John Cunningham 1915- Lilly
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R783
Discovery Miles 7 830
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