The Melbourne Athenaeum Library

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

How the dog became the dog : from wolves to our best friends / Mark Derr.

By: Publication details: Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2012.Description: 287 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781922070135 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 636.709 23
Summary: That the dog evolved from the wolf is an accepted fact of evolution and history, but the question of how wolf became dog has remained a mystery, obscured by myth and legend. How the Dog Became the Dog posits that dog was an evolutionary inevitability in the nature of the wolf and its human soul mate.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Non-Fiction 636.709 DER Available 056702
Total reserves: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-281) and index.

That the dog evolved from the wolf is an accepted fact of evolution and history, but the question of how wolf became dog has remained a mystery, obscured by myth and legend. How the Dog Became the Dog posits that dog was an evolutionary inevitability in the nature of the wolf and its human soul mate.

Melbourne Athenaeum Library
Level 1, 188 Collins St, Melbourne 3000
library@melbourneathenaeum.org.au
Tel:(03) 9650 3100
Powered by Koha   Hosted by