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Our Oldest Companions - The Story of the First Dogs (Hardcover)
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Our Oldest Companions - The Story of the First Dogs (Hardcover)
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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. The
relationship has proved to be a pivotal development in our
evolutionary history. The same is also true for our canine friends;
our connection with them has had much to do with their essential
nature and survival. How and why did humans and dogs find their
futures together, and how have these close companions (literally)
shaped each other? Award-winning anthropologist Pat Shipman finds
answers in prehistory and the present day. In Our Oldest
Companions, Shipman untangles the genetic and archaeological
evidence of the first dogs. She 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, who has lived intimately with humans for thousands
of years while actively resisting control or training. Shipman
tells how scientists are shedding new light on the origins of the
unique relationship between our two species, revealing how deep
bonds formed between humans and canines as our guardians,
playmates, shepherds, and hunters. Along the journey together, dogs
have changed physically, behaviorally, and emotionally, as humans
too have been transformed. Dogs' labor dramatically expanded the
range of human capability, altering our diets and habitats and
contributing to our very survival. Shipman proves that we cannot
understand our own history as a species without recognizing the
central role that dogs have played in it.
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