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The first domestication : how wolves and humans coevolved

Pierotti, Raymond John, author, Fogg, Brandy R., author

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\"Raymond Pierotti and Brandy Fogg change the narrative about how wolves became dogs and, in turn, humanity's best friend. Rather than recount how people mastered and tamed an aggressive, dangerous species, the authors describe coevolution and mutualism. Wolves, particularly ones shunned by their packs, most likely initiated the relationship with Paleolithic humans, forming bonds built on mutually recognized skills and emotional capacity. This interdisciplinary study draws on sources from evolutionary biology as well as tribal and indigenous histories to produce an intelligent, insightful, and often unexpected story of cooperative hunting, wolves protecting camps, and wolf-human companionship\"-- Dust jacket flap.

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: Human-animal relationships History. / Wolves Behavior. / Dogs Evolution. / Human evolution. / Indigenous peoples Ecology. / Domestication History. / Coevolution. / Evolution (Biology) / Animal behavior Evolution.
• ISBN: 9780300226164, 0300226160

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QL85.P547 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE