Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and EvolutionUniversity of Chicago Press, 2002 - 352 էջ 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. For both dogs and humans to get the most out of each other, we need to understand and adapt to the biological needs and dispositions of our canine companions, just as they have to ours. |
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... mean it could run . But , no , we had to learn it all from scratch , for ourselves . One of us decided to show Belford that the nature of Sitka could be nurtured , and trained her to pull a sled . That is when the yard began to fill up ...
... mean it could run . But , no , we had to learn it all from scratch , for ourselves . One of us decided to show Belford that the nature of Sitka could be nurtured , and trained her to pull a sled . That is when the yard began to fill up ...
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... means is they have made the transformation from their ancestral form , the wolf , and exist today as domestic dogs in hugely significant numbers . Dogs as a species are most likely less than fifteen thousand years old , which is a ...
... means is they have made the transformation from their ancestral form , the wolf , and exist today as domestic dogs in hugely significant numbers . Dogs as a species are most likely less than fifteen thousand years old , which is a ...
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... means something like : there are many more pounds of dog in the world than there are pounds of wolf . In North America , for example , there may be fifty thousand wolves , all but 5 percent of which live in Canada . But there are on the ...
... means something like : there are many more pounds of dog in the world than there are pounds of wolf . In North America , for example , there may be fifty thousand wolves , all but 5 percent of which live in Canada . But there are on the ...
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... means of satellite imagery , perhaps , there will be a staggering number of dogs compared with wild canids . Dogs could well be the most populous carnivore with the widest geo- graphic presence . That is an evolutionary success story ...
... means of satellite imagery , perhaps , there will be a staggering number of dogs compared with wild canids . Dogs could well be the most populous carnivore with the widest geo- graphic presence . That is an evolutionary success story ...
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... mean they behave like wolves . People are closely related to chimps but that doesn't make us a subspecies of chimpanzees , nor does it mean we behave like chimps . Another problem in understanding domestic dogs is the tendency of ...
... mean they behave like wolves . People are closely related to chimps but that doesn't make us a subspecies of chimpanzees , nor does it mean we behave like chimps . Another problem in understanding domestic dogs is the tendency of ...
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE BASIC DOG COMMENSALISM | 35 |
Wolves Evolve into Dogs | 37 |
THE PINOCCHIO HYPOTHESIS OF DOG ORIGIN | 39 |
TAMING THE WOLF | 40 |
TRAINING THE WOLF | 45 |
DOMESTICATING THE WOLF | 47 |
SPECIATION REQUIRES POPULATIONS THAT EVOLVENOT INDIVIDUALS | 48 |
SPECIATION REQUIRES DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY | 50 |
THE VALUE OF THE BREED STANDARD | 185 |
Behavioral Conformation | 187 |
THE BORDER COLLIES BEHAVIORAL CONFORMATION | 209 |
MOTOR PATTERNS | 215 |
ARE PEOPLE THE DOGS BEST FRIEND? PARASITISM AMENSALISM AND DULOSIS | 223 |
Household Dogs | 225 |
MEASURING THE BENEFIT TO HUMANS OF THE HOUSEHOLD DOG | 235 |
Assistance Dogs | 251 |
Village Dogs | 67 |
THE MESOLITHIC ISLAND | 70 |
Natural Breeds | 83 |
PEOPLE BECOME CONSCIOUS OF DOGS | 87 |
WORKING DOGS AND PEOPLE MUTUALISM | 95 |
Developmental Environments | 99 |
DISTRIBUTING AND MIXING GENES | 117 |
EVOLVING THE SIZE AND SHAPE | 128 |
SELECTING FOR COLOR | 134 |
WALKING HOUNDS | 138 |
The Physical Conformation of a Breed | 155 |
THE SHAPE OF THE TEAM | 174 |
RUNNING IS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR | 179 |
THE SOCIETY OF A SLED DOG TEAM | 183 |
THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG | 269 |
Whats in the Name Canis familiaris? | 271 |
The Age of the Dog | 281 |
Why Dogs Look the Way They Do | 293 |
HOW TO CHANGE SIZE | 297 |
HOW TO CHANGE SHAPE | 300 |
THE SHAPE OF INTELLIGENCE | 305 |
RAPID EVOLUTION OF BREEDS | 306 |
NEOTENY PAEDOMORPHISM AND THE EVOLUTION OF DOGS FROM WOLVES | 309 |
Conclusion | 315 |
Bibliography | 325 |
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