How the Dog Became the Dog - Couverture souple

Derr, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0715645269 ISBN 13 : 9780715645260

Editeur : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

The domestic dog's descent from the wolf is an accepted part of evolution, but the question of how the wolf became the dog has remained a mystery, and the subject of myth and legend. How the Dog Became the Dog shows that the dog's domestication was both a biological and cultural process. At the end of the last Ice Age, the first dogs emerged with their human companions from refuge against the cold. It was only in the eighteenth century that humans began to exercise full control of dog reproduction, life and death, to complete the domestication of the wolf, begun so long ago.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

An important book --Mail on Sunday

This fascinating book should be read by anyone who is interested in how wolves became dogs --Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation

Scientifically rigorous and highly engaging --Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals

Biographie de l'auteur :

Mark Derr is the author of Dogs Best Friend and A Dogs History of America. He writes regularly for Atlantic Monthly, Natural History, Smithsonian and The New York Times. He lives in Florida.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0715645269
• ISBN 13: 9780715645260
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288