
How the Dog Became the Dog
From Wolves to Our Best Friends
Mark Derr(Author)
Overlook Press
Published on 29. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
287 pages
978-1-4683-0269-1 (ISBN)
Description
How the Dog Became the Dog posits that dog was an evolutionary inevitability in the nature of the wolf and its human soul mate. The natural temperament and social structure of humans and wolves are so similar that as soon as they met on the trail they recognized themselves in each other. How the Dog Became the Dog adeptly and engrossingly examines this singular relationship. Combining the most recent scientific research with Mark Derr's original insights, this book shows that dogs made us human just as humans affected the evolution of dogs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4683-0269-1 (9781468302691)
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Person
Mark Derr is the author of Dog's Best Friend and A Dog's History of America, coming soon from Overlook He has appeared regularly on The Charlie Rose Show, and in documentaries for A&E and the Discovery Channel. He writes regularly for Atlantic Monthly, Natural History, Smithsonian and The New York Times. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.