Dogs [electronic resource] : domestication and the development of a social bond / Darcy F. Morey.
By: Morey, Darcy.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: xxiv, 356 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Dogs -- History | Dogs -- Evolution | Dogs -- Behavior | Human-animal relationships -- History | DomesticationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 636.709 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10618618 | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-347) and index.
Preamble to the dog's journey through time -- Immediate ancestry -- Evidence of dog domestication and its timing : morphological and contextual indications -- Domestication of dogs and other organisms -- The roles of dogs in past human societies -- Dogs of the Arctic, the Far North -- The burial of dogs, and what dog burials mean -- Why the social bond between dogs and people? -- Other human-like capabilities of dogs -- Roles of dogs in recent times -- Epilogue : one dog's journey.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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