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List of Figures and Tables xi
Foreword Donald K. Grayson xv
Preface and Acknowledgments xix
1 Preamble to the Dog's Journey through Time 1
Previous Volumes about Dogs 2
This Volume about Dogs 7
2 Immediate Ancestry 12
Candidates for Dog Ancestry 14
The Genetic Near-identity of Dogs and Wolves 17
Which Wolf, or Wolves? 19
The Case of the Bonn-Oberkassel Dog 24
Other Early Possibilities 26
3 Evidence of Dog Domestication and Its Timing: Morphological and Contextual Indications 30
Allometric Patterns and Morphological Distinctions 31
Morphology, Genetics, and Domestication Timing 50
Dog Burials and Domestication Timing 53
4 Domestication of Dogs and Other Organisms 57
Historical Perspectives 57
Domestication as Evolution 67
The Domestication of the Dog 69
Why So Late? 81
The Human-Dog Domestic Relationship: Just What Is It? 83
5 The Roles of Dogs in Past Human Societies 86
Dogs as a Food Source 86
Transportation Uses 90
Dogs Used in Hunting 99
The Use of Dog Products 105
The Use of Dogs by Archaeologists 108
Closing Thoughts on the Past Uses of Dogs 111
6 Dogs of the Arctic, the Far North 112
The Arctic as a Region 112
Earliest Paleoeskimo Dogs 114
Dorset Dogs (?) 119
Thule Dogs 123
Recent Inuit Dogs 145
Closing Perspective on Thule/Inuit Dogs 148
7 The Burial of Dogs, and What Dog Burials Mean 150
Care in Burial 151
Archaic Dog Burials in the Green River Valley, Kentucky 168
The Ashkelon Phenomenon 177
Dogs and Spirituality: Beyond the Near East 183
Wolves and Spirituality 184
Cats: The Ancient Egypt Phenomenon 186
8 Why the Social Bond between Dogs and People? 188
The Relevance of Wolf Packs 189
Dogs' Behavioral and Brain Changes under Domestication 191
Auditory Communication 197
The Farm Fox Experiment 199
Why Not Foxes? 201
Dogs and Cats: A Genuine Contrast 204
Dog “Humanization” 206
9 Other Human-like Capabilities of Dogs 208
Search-and-Rescue Dogs 208
Musical Expression 214
Culture and Musical Expression 219
10 Roles of Dogs in Recent Times 226
War Dogs 227
Dogs in the Human Health Services 232
The Modern Mortuary Role of Dogs 238
Are Modern Dogs a Reliable Guide to Prehistoric Dogs? 241
Epilogue: One Dog's Journey 245
Appendix A 249
Appendix B 262
References 273
Index 349
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Charles Ross
reviewed Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond on November 28, 2013
Dogs
4 Stars, Buy it
I bought this kindle book because we are almost definitely getting a dog. I really wasn't happy that the book started with a history of dogs. I tried to read that section but quickly got bored and so I skipped ahead. I found the chapter on how to chose a dog very helpful. I found the chapter on what you need to get helpful. I found the chapter on food and supplements to be overly long and dry. But parts were indeed helpful. The chapter on walking and exercise is definitely helpful for this soon to be first time dog owner. As I've only had cats, I really needed this information. Grooming is a bit hard to read about in theory as I don't have a dog yet. But it's helpful.
The book is nice and easy to read though the history section bored me like crazy. Overall a very useful book. Some of the later chapters are more boring and less useful but it will be handy as we start our new life with a dog in it very soon.
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