Our Oldest Companions
Our Oldest Companions How did the dog become man's best friend? The relationship has proved to be a pivotal development in our evolutionary history. A celebrated anthropologist unearths the…
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Our Oldest Companions
How did the dog become man's best friend? The relationship has proved to be a pivotal development in our evolutionary history. A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of both species.Dogs and humans have been inseparable for more than 40,000 years.
How and why did humans and dogs find their futures together, and how have these close companions (literally) shaped each other? The same is also true for our canine friends; our connection with them has had much to do with their essential nature and survival. Award-winning anthropologist Pat Shipman finds answers in prehistory and the present day.In Our Oldest Companions, Shipman untangles the genetic and archaeological evidence of the first dogs.
She follows the trail of the wolf-dog, neither prehistoric wolf nor modern dog, whose bones offer