Dogs: Domestication and the Development of a Social Bond

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DOGS: DOMESTICATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIAL BOND
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	Copyright
	Dedication
CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
FOREWORD
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 PREAMBLE TO THE DOG’S JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
	PREVIOUS VOLUMES ABOUT DOGS
	THIS  VOLUMES ABOUT DOGS
2 IMMEDIATE ANCESTRY
	CANDIDATES FOR DOG ANCESTRY
	THE GENETIC NEAR-IDENTITY OF DOGS AND WOLVES
	WHICH WOLF, OR WOLVES?
		Principally Invoked Wolf Subspecies
		Other Non–East Asian Lineage Probabilities
	THE CASE OF THE BONN-OBERKASSEL DOG
	OTHER EARLY POSSIBILITIES
3 EVIDENCE OF DOG DOMESTICATION AND ITS TIMING: MORPHOLOGICAL AND CONTEXTUAL INDICATIONS
	ALLOMETRIC PATTERNS AND MORPHOLOGICAL DISTINCTIONS
		Static Data
		Dogs vs. Wolves: Not Always a Straightforward Distinction
		Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Data
	MORPHOLOGY, GENETICS, AND DOMESTICATION TIMING
	DOG BURIALS AND DOMESTICATION TIMING
4 DOMESTICATION OF DOGS AND OTHER ORGANISMS
	HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
		Inferred Characteristics of Domestic Animals
		A Mechanistic Framework
		Artificial Selection
		Is There a Cost?
	DOMESTICATION AS EVOLUTION
	THE DOMESTICATION OF THE DOG
		The Coppingers’ Model
		Crockfords Model
		Initial Domestic Dog–Wolf Pups
		Ecological Colonization
	WHY SO LATE?
	THE HUMAN–DOG DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIP: JUST WHAT IS IT?
5 THE ROLES OF DOGS IN PAST HUMAN SOCIETIES
	DOGS AS A FOOD SOURCE
	TRANSPORTATION USES
		Individual Dogs
		The North American Plains
		The Southeastern and Midwestern United States
		The North American Arctic
		Dogs in Teams
	DOGS USED IN HUNTING
		Dogs in Hunting: A Genuine Impact?
		Pleistocene Extinctions: Did Dogs Have an Impact?
	THE USE OF DOG PRODUCTS
		Dog Wool?
		Dog Bones Used for Tools or Ornamental Purposes
		Dogs as Objects of Artistic Expression
	THE USE OF DOGS BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS
	CLOSING THOUGHTS ON THE PAST USES OF DOGS
6 DOGS OF THE ARCTIC, THE FAR NORTH
	THE ARCTIC AS A REGION
	EARLIEST PALEOESKIMO DOGS
	DORSET DOGS (?)
		Dogs for Help in Hunting: Where Are They?
		Dogs for Help in Transport: Where Are They?
	THULE DOGS
		Dog-Sledding Evidence
		Pragmatic Uses of Thule Dog Bones
		Thule Dogs as Emergency Dietary Fare
		Fun with Thule Dog Bones
	RECENT INUIT DOGS
	CLOSING PERSPECTIVE ON THULE/INUIT DOGS
7 THE BURIAL OF DOGS, AND WHAT DOG BURIALS MEAN
	CARE IN BURIAL
		Care in Burial: The Old World
		Care in Burial: The New World
	ARCHAIC DOG BURIALS IN THE GREEN RIVER VALLEY, KENTUCKY
	THE ASHKELON PHENOMENON
		Dog Mummies in Ancient Egypt
	DOGS AND SPIRITUALITY: BEYOND THE NEAR EAST
	WOLVES AND SPIRITUALITY
		A Prehistoric Wolf Burial
	CATS: THE ANCIENT EGYPT PHENOMENON
8 WHY THE SOCIAL BOND BETWEEN DOGS AND PEOPLE?
	THE RELEVANCE OF WOLF PACKS
	DOGS’ BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN CHANGES UNDER DOMESTICATION
		Attention Capabilities
		Changes in Cerebellum Structure
	AUDITORY COMMUNICATION
	THE FARM FOX EXPERIMENT
	WHY NOT FOXES?
	DOGS AND CATS: A GENUINE CONTRAST
	DOG “HUMANIZATION”
9 OTHER HUMAN-LIKE CAPABILITIES OF DOGS
	SEARCH-AND-RESCUE DOGS
		Dogs Get Depressed
	MUSICAL EXPRESSION
		Wolves Sing
		Dogs Sing (Howl), Too
	CULTURE AND MUSICAL EXPRESSION
		Music vs. Musics
		Wolves, Dogs, Music, and Spirituality
10 ROLES OF DOGS IN RECENT TIMES
	WAR DOGS
		World War II and Later
		War Dogs in Iraq
		The Spanish Conquest of Mexico
	DOGS IN THE HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES
		Lateralization Studies
	THE MODERN MORTUARY ROLE OF DOGS
	ARE MODERN DOGS A RELIABLE GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC DOGS?
EPILOGUE: ONE DOG’S JOURNEY
	10/15/2005, Morning
		10/15/2005, Afternoon
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
REFERENCES
INDEX