Author: Charles Hamilton Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Dog
Author: Ádám Miklósi
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691176930
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Simultaneously published: London, United Kingdom: Ivy Press.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691176930
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Simultaneously published: London, United Kingdom: Ivy Press.
A Dog's History of the World
Author: Laura Hobgood-Oster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481300209
Category : Dog owners
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The power and history of "man's best friend."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781481300209
Category : Dog owners
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The power and history of "man's best friend."
Dogs
Author: Xiaoming Wang
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231135297
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford combine their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions to present a remarkable portrait of canids over the past 40 million years. Wang and Tedford cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted on the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions. With their rich fossil record, diverse adaptations to various environments, and different predatory specializations, canids are an ideal model organism for the mapping of predator behavior and morphological specializations. They also offer an excellent contrast to felids, which remain entrenched in extreme predatory specializations. The innovative illustrated approach of this book transforms the science of paleontology into a thrilling visual experience, and it forms the perfect accompaniment to an extremely important branch of animal and fossil study.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231135297
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford combine their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions to present a remarkable portrait of canids over the past 40 million years. Wang and Tedford cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted on the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions. With their rich fossil record, diverse adaptations to various environments, and different predatory specializations, canids are an ideal model organism for the mapping of predator behavior and morphological specializations. They also offer an excellent contrast to felids, which remain entrenched in extreme predatory specializations. The innovative illustrated approach of this book transforms the science of paleontology into a thrilling visual experience, and it forms the perfect accompaniment to an extremely important branch of animal and fossil study.
How the Dog Became the Dog
Author: Mark Derr
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590209915
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This “informative account” of canine evolution will “appeal to dog lovers with a curiosity about the origins of their favorite companion.” (Publishers Weekly) Many have made the case that dogs have evolved from wolves but the evolutionary link between wolves and dogs remains a mystery. In How the Dog Became the Dog, Mark Derr posits that the dog’s evolution from wolf was inevitable due to the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship between wolves and hunter-gatherer humans. How the Dog Became the Dog presents the domestication of the dog as a biological and cultural process that began with a reciprocal cooperation between dogwolves and humans that evolved over time, from the first dogs that took refuge with humans against the cold at the end of the last Ice Age, to the 18th century, when humans began to exercise full control of dog reproduction, life, and death, through centuries of natural and artificial selection that led us to the many breeds of dogs we know and love today. “A transporting slice of dog/wolf thinking that will pique the interest of anyone with a dog in their orbit.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590209915
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This “informative account” of canine evolution will “appeal to dog lovers with a curiosity about the origins of their favorite companion.” (Publishers Weekly) Many have made the case that dogs have evolved from wolves but the evolutionary link between wolves and dogs remains a mystery. In How the Dog Became the Dog, Mark Derr posits that the dog’s evolution from wolf was inevitable due to the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship between wolves and hunter-gatherer humans. How the Dog Became the Dog presents the domestication of the dog as a biological and cultural process that began with a reciprocal cooperation between dogwolves and humans that evolved over time, from the first dogs that took refuge with humans against the cold at the end of the last Ice Age, to the 18th century, when humans began to exercise full control of dog reproduction, life, and death, through centuries of natural and artificial selection that led us to the many breeds of dogs we know and love today. “A transporting slice of dog/wolf thinking that will pique the interest of anyone with a dog in their orbit.” —Kirkus Reviews
A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
Author: Marion Schwartz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300069648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Using archaeological (skeletal remains, depictions), historical, ethnographic, mythological, and linguistic evidence, work surveys various roles of domesticated dogs throughout the Americas"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300069648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"Using archaeological (skeletal remains, depictions), historical, ethnographic, mythological, and linguistic evidence, work surveys various roles of domesticated dogs throughout the Americas"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Dogs
Author: Raymond Coppinger
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226115634
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Offering a scientifically informed perspective on canines and their relations with humans, two biologists take a close look at eight different types of dogs--household, village, livestock guarding, herding, sled pulling, pointing, retrieving and hound. 34 halftones.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226115634
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Offering a scientifically informed perspective on canines and their relations with humans, two biologists take a close look at eight different types of dogs--household, village, livestock guarding, herding, sled pulling, pointing, retrieving and hound. 34 halftones.
The Natural History of Dogs
Author: Charles Hamilton Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The natural history of dogs, including also the genera hyaena and proteles
Author: Charles Hamilton Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. The Natural History of Dogs. Canidae or Genus Canis of Authors
Author: William Jardine
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368753533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368753533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
The History of the World in Fifty Dogs
Author: Mackenzi Lee
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683357639
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Illustrated stories about dogs that knew how to sit, stay, and witness history—from the loyal Greyfriars Bobby to Lizzie Borden’s Boston Terriers. Most dog lovers know Fido and Laika, but how about Martha, Paul McCartney’s Old English Sheepdog? Or Peritas, Alexander the Great’s trusted canine companion? As long as there have been humans, those humans have had beloved companions—their dogs. From the ancient Egyptians mummifying their pups, to the Indian legend of the king who refused to enter the afterlife unless his dog was allowed there too, to the modern meme and popularity of terms like the corgi sploot, humans are undeniably obsessed with their dogs. Told in short, illustrated essays that are interspersed with both historical and canine factoids, The History of the World in Fifty Dogs brings to life some of history’s most memorable moments through the stories of the dogs that saw them happen.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683357639
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Illustrated stories about dogs that knew how to sit, stay, and witness history—from the loyal Greyfriars Bobby to Lizzie Borden’s Boston Terriers. Most dog lovers know Fido and Laika, but how about Martha, Paul McCartney’s Old English Sheepdog? Or Peritas, Alexander the Great’s trusted canine companion? As long as there have been humans, those humans have had beloved companions—their dogs. From the ancient Egyptians mummifying their pups, to the Indian legend of the king who refused to enter the afterlife unless his dog was allowed there too, to the modern meme and popularity of terms like the corgi sploot, humans are undeniably obsessed with their dogs. Told in short, illustrated essays that are interspersed with both historical and canine factoids, The History of the World in Fifty Dogs brings to life some of history’s most memorable moments through the stories of the dogs that saw them happen.