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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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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Natural history Domestic animals & pets

• Full title: Dogs
• Author: Raymond Coppinger, Lorna Coppinger
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9780226115634
• ISBN: 0226115631
• ID: 04039052
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 526 g
• Dimensions: 159 × 235 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. September 2002

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