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Author:

Pierotti, Raymond John, author.

Title:

The first domestication : how wolves and humans coevolved / Raymond Pierotti and Brandy R. Fogg.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Human-animal relationships--History.
Wolves--Behavior.
Dogs--Evolution.
Human evolution.
Indigenous peoples--Ecology.
Domestication--History.
Coevolution.
Evolution (Biology)

Other Authors:

Fogg, Brandy R., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-311) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The beginnings -- 1. The spaniels of San Marcos : what is a dog and who cares? -- 2. Cooperation between species -- 3. Homo canis : why humans are different than all other primates -- 4. Wolves, archaeologists, and the origin of dogs -- 5. Asia : the first of the dog-men and Japanese dog-wolves -- 6. "Dingo makes us human" : Aboriginal peoples and Canis lupus dingo -- 7. North America : the world wolf made -- 8. Wolves and coyotes : creators and tricksters -- 9. The process of domestication : tame versus feral and domestic versus wild -- 10. Living with wolves and dogs : issues and controversies -- 11. Living well with wolves and dogs -- Conclusion: The friendly predator.

ISBN:

0300226160
9780300226164

OCLC:

(OCoLC)982652269

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)