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Shipman, Pat, 1949- author.

Title Our oldest companions : the story of the first dogs / Pat Shipman.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
	©2021

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	599.77 SHI	Storage
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	599.72 SHI	Check Shelf

Description	xii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Before dogs -- Why a dog? And why a human? -- What is dogginess? -- One place or two? -- What is domestication? -- Where did the first dog come from? -- Interwoven stories -- The missing dogs -- Adaptations -- Surviving in new ecosystems -- Why has the Australian story been overlooked so long? -- The importance of dingoes -- How invasion works -- A different story -- Heading north -- To the end of the earth.
Summary	"The unique relationship between dogs and humans has had huge evolutionary consequences, changing the physical, behavioral, genetic, and emotional characteristics of both species. Pat Shipman looks to fossil records and new evidence to trace how the process of domestication worked and discovers how much of ourselves we owe to our canine companions"--Provided by publisher.
Subject	Dogs -- Evolution.
	Dogs -- Effect of human beings on.
	Coevolution.
	Human-animal relationships.
	Human evolution.
	Paleontology.
	Coevolution. (OCoLC)fst00866300
	Human-animal relationships. (OCoLC)fst00963482
	Human evolution. (OCoLC)fst00963030
	Paleontology. (OCoLC)fst01051513
Other Form:	ebook version : 9780674269941
ISBN	9780674971936 (hardcover)
	0674971930 (hardcover)
	9780674269941 (electronic book)
Standard No.	40030768587

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