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Our Oldest Companions - The Story of the First Dogs
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Our Oldest Companions - The Story of the First Dogs
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Loot Price R436
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“A lively tale of dog domestication and migration.”—Nature
“When, where, and how did the partnership between dogs and humans
begin? Was it an accident? Was it inevitable?…A tour de force
drawing together under one proverbial roof what science can tell us
to date.”—Wendy Williams, author of The Horse “Makes a
remarkable story out of the long partnership between humans and
dogs.”—Foreword Reviews How did the dog become man’s best
friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins
of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of both species.
Dogs and humans have been inseparable for more than 40,000 years.
So what have they taught one another? Determined to untangle the
genetic and archaeological evidence of the first dogs, Pat Shipman
follows the trail of the wolf-dog, neither prehistoric wolf nor
modern dog, whose bones offer tantalizing clues about the earliest
stages of domestication. She considers the enigma of the dingo, not
quite domesticated yet not entirely wild, and reveals how
scientists are shedding new light on the origins of the unique
relationship between man and dog, explaining how dogs became our
guardians, playmates, shepherds, hunters, and providers. Along the
way, dogs have changed physically, behaviorally, and
emotionally—but we have been transformed, too. A brilliant work
of historical reconstruction, Our Oldest Companions shows that we
can’t hope to understand our own species without recognizing the
central role dogs have played in making us who we are.
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Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Pat Shipman
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-29394-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-674-29394-0 |
Barcode: |
9780674293946 |
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