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Dogs : Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond.
Dogs provides a comprehensive account of the origins and development of the domestic dog over the past 15,000 years.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; DOGS: DOMESTICATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL BOND; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; FOREWORD; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 PREAMBLE TO THE DOG'S JOURNEY THROUGH TIME; PREVIOUS VOLUMES ABOUT DOGS; THIS VOLUMES ABOUT DOGS; 2 IMMEDIATE ANCESTRY; CANDIDATES FOR DOG ANCESTRY; THE GENETIC NEAR-IDENTITY OF DOGS AND WOLVES; WHICH WOLF, OR WOLVES?; Principally Invoked Wolf Subspecies; Other Non-East Asian Lineage Probabilities; THE CASE OF THE BONN-OBERKASSEL DOG; OTHER EARLY POSSIBILITIES.
- 3 EVIDENCE OF DOG DOMESTICATION AND ITS TIMING: MORPHOLOGICAL AND CONTEXTUAL INDICATIONSALLOMETRIC PATTERNS AND MORPHOLOGICAL DISTINCTIONS; Static Data; Dogs vs. Wolves: Not Always a Straightforward Distinction; Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Data; MORPHOLOGY, GENETICS, AND DOMESTICATION TIMING; DOG BURIALS AND DOMESTICATION TIMING; 4 DOMESTICATION OF DOGS AND OTHER ORGANISMS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; Inferred Characteristics of Domestic Animals; A Mechanistic Framework; Artificial Selection; Is There a Cost?; DOMESTICATION AS EVOLUTION; THE DOMESTICATION OF THE DOG; The Coppingers' Model.
- Crockfords ModelInitial Domestic Dog-Wolf Pups; Ecological Colonization; WHY SO LATE?; THE HUMAN-DOG DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIP: JUST WHAT IS IT?; 5 THE ROLES OF DOGS IN PAST HUMAN SOCIETIES; DOGS AS A FOOD SOURCE; TRANSPORTATION USES; Individual Dogs; The North American Plains; The Southeastern and Midwestern United States; The North American Arctic; Dogs in Teams; DOGS USED IN HUNTING; Dogs in Hunting: A Genuine Impact?; Pleistocene Extinctions: Did Dogs Have an Impact?; THE USE OF DOG PRODUCTS; Dog Wool?; Dog Bones Used for Tools or Ornamental Purposes; Dogs as Objects of Artistic Expression.
- THE USE OF DOGS BY ARCHAEOLOGISTSCLOSING THOUGHTS ON THE PAST USES OF DOGS; 6 DOGS OF THE ARCTIC, THE FAR NORTH; THE ARCTIC AS A REGION; EARLIEST PALEOESKIMO DOGS; DORSET DOGS ; Dogs for Help in Hunting: Where Are They?; Dogs for Help in Transport: Where Are They?; THULE DOGS; Dog-Sledding Evidence; Pragmatic Uses of Thule Dog Bones; Thule Dogs as Emergency Dietary Fare; Fun with Thule Dog Bones; RECENT INUIT DOGS; CLOSING PERSPECTIVE ON THULE/INUIT DOGS; 7 THE BURIAL OF DOGS, AND WHAT DOG BURIALS MEAN; CARE IN BURIAL; Care in Burial: The Old World; Care in Burial: The New World.
- ARCHAIC DOG BURIALS IN THE GREEN RIVER VALLEY, KENTUCKYTHE ASHKELON PHENOMENON; Dog Mummies in Ancient Egypt; DOGS AND SPIRITUALITY: BEYOND THE NEAR EAST; WOLVES AND SPIRITUALITY; A Prehistoric Wolf Burial; CATS: THE ANCIENT EGYPT PHENOMENON; 8 WHY THE SOCIAL BOND BETWEEN DOGS AND PEOPLE?; THE RELEVANCE OF WOLF PACKS; DOGS' BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN CHANGES UNDER DOMESTICATION; Attention Capabilities; Changes in Cerebellum Structure; AUDITORY COMMUNICATION; THE FARM FOX EXPERIMENT; WHY NOT FOXES?; DOGS AND CATS: A GENUINE CONTRAST; DOG "HUMANIZATION"; 9 OTHER HUMAN-LIKE CAPABILITIES OF DOGS.