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Wolf and man : evolution in parallel /

Examines wolf behavior in comparison with that of early man.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hall, Roberta L., Sharp, Henry S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1978.
Colección:Communication and behavior.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Wolf and Man: Evolution in Parallel; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; INTRODUCTION: The Anthropology of the Wolf; Part I: BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE; REFERENCES; Chapter 1. Man, Wolf, and Dog; DOMESTICATION AND CIVILIZATION: SOME ANALOGIES; EARLY MAN-WOLF RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND ECOLOGY; HUMAN HUNTING COMMUNITIES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Variability in the Wolf, a Group Hunter; GROUP HUNTING; AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE PACK; REPRODUCTION; Burrow Construction; INDIVIDUALITY OF WOLVES; REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3. Natural History of the CoyoteREFERENCES; Chapter 4. Comparative Ethnology of the Wolf and the Chipewyan; THE REGION OF ANALYSIS; THE CHIPEWYAN AND THE CARIBOU; THE WOLF; THE WOLF AND THE CARIBOU; THE WOLF AND THE CHIPEWYAN; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Part II: COMMUNICATION AND COGNITION; EVOLUTION OF THE BRAIN AND CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Communication, Cognitive Mapping, and Strategy in Wolves and Hominids; COMMUNICATION IN WOLVES AND HOMINIDS; COGNITIVE MAPS OF WOLVES AND HOMINIDS; STRATEGY IN WOLVES AND HOMINIDS
  • STRATEGY AND COGNITIVE MAPS IN HOMINID COMMUNICATIONREFERENCES; Chapter 6. Wolf Vocalization; THE GROWL; THE WHIMPER; THE BARK; THE HOWL; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Scent-Marking in Wolves; THE SCENT-MARKING STUDY; DISTRIBUTION OF OLFACTORY SIGN; STIMULI FOR SCENT-MARKING; FUNCTIONS OF SCENT-MARKING; REFERENCES; Part III: PALEOBIOLOGY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Variability and Speciation in Canids and Hominids; VARIABILITY AND SPECIATION IN CANIDS AND HOMINIDS; PLEISTOCENE GLACIATIONS AND COYOTE EVOLUTION; VARIATION IN MODERN CANIDS; AUSTRALOPITHECINE VARIATION
  • THE GENUS HOMO AND TWO TAXONOMIC MODELSCONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Dire Wolf Systematics and Behavior; HISTORY OF INVESTIGATION; WOLF, DIRE WOLF, AND COYOTE EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY OF THE WOLF, DIRE WOLF, AND COYOTE; PLEISTOCENE RANGES OF THE WOLF, THE DIRE WOLF, AND THE COYOTE; EXTINCTION OF THE PLEISTOCENE DIRE WOLF; A MODEL FOR DIRE WOLF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; MODELS FOR EARLY HOMINID EVOLUTION; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; CONCLUSION: Wolf and Human; BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE; COGNITION AND COMMUNICATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; THE PATH AHEAD; REFERENCES; Index