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How The Dog Became The Dog: From Wolves To Our Best Friends (2011)

by Mark Derr(Favorite Author)

2.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1590207009 (ISBN13: 9781590207000)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Overlook Hardcover

review 1: Well-researched and filled with fascinating facts and I really liked learning about the possibilities of how the wolf became the dog. It's an intriguing story that is still unfolding, and is intertwined with human existance. One thing I really liked about this book was how the author debunked previous theories about wolves hanging around the campfie and adapting and simply transforming into dog. The acual physical record is hard to trace but the author also bring dingos into the picture and it was previously thought that dingos were a separate species, unrelated to dogs. Yet the physical record indicates that some dogs may have dingos in their lineage. This book had some surprising information, but the downside was the audio version was boring and I don't think it was t... morehe fault of the reader. Also, sometimes information was complex and especially statistics are better viewed in written form. This is one of those books. There was lots of important information, but mostly it sounded like a school lecture more than a book.
review 2: This book made me think about dogs, their relationship with man, and their evolution on a new light, i.e. that it may be possible and/or likely that dogs started to become dogs (no longer wolves) more like 40,000 years ago instead of the 12,000-15,000 years ago that I have tended to believe (courtesy of the Coppinger book I read a couple of months ago). However, I didn't find this book to be a good read, per se, only a good source of some ideas contrary to my own. It did make me rethink, for which I am grateful, but I'm guessing someone has written a book that covers some of the same ideas communicated more clearly. Hope I'm right and can find that book! less

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