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Paperback / softback. New. The Coppingers explore how dog breeds have evolved into their unique shapes and behaviors. Concentrating on five types of dogs--modern household dogs, village dogs, livestock guarding dogs, sled dogs, and herding dogs--they examine canine companions from a unique biological viewpoint. 30 photos.
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Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution Paperback - 2002
by Raymond Coppinger; Lorna Coppinger
The Coppingers explore how dog breeds have evolved into their unique shapes and behaviors. Concentrating on five types of dogs--modern household dogs, village dogs, livestock guarding dogs, sled dogs, and herding dogs--they examine canine companions from a unique biological viewpoint. 30 photos.
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AT SOME POINT in human history there were no dogs.
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Biologists, Breeders and trainers, and champion sled dog racers, Raymond and Lorna Coppinger have more than four decades of experience with literally thousands of dogs. Offering a scientifically informed perspective on canines and their relations with humans, the Coppingers take a close look at eight different types of dogs--household, village, livestock guarding, herding, sled-pulling, pointing, retrieving, and hound. They argue that dogs did not evolve directly from wolves, nor were they trained by early humans; instead they domesticated themselves to exploit a new ecological niche: Mesolithic village dumps. Tracing the evolution of today's breeds from these village dogs, the Coppingers show how characteristic shapes and behaviors--from pointing and baying to the sleek shapes of running dogs--arise from both genetic heritage and the environments in which pups are raised.
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- Title Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution
- Author Raymond Coppinger; Lorna Coppinger
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL
- Date 2002-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226115634 / 0226115631
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.14 x 6.34 x 0.94 in (23.22 x 16.10 x 2.39 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Dogs, Human-animal relationships
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002020404
- Dewey Decimal Code 636.7
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