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Our Oldest Companions: The Story of the First Dogs

Our Oldest Companions: The Story of the First Dogs

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  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2021-11-26 03:19:19
  • Update Date：2025-09-08
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Pat Shipman
  • ISBN：0674971930
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Reviews

Sharyn Marzullo ，

Riveting Reading。This is an easily understood ， fascinating delving into the history of our very basic relationship with that furry ball of love sleeping beside you。 I heartily recommend it for everyone who wonders how this amazing connection began。 It talks about how it began in many different parts of the world， and how canines have evolved from wolves 。

Lynn ，

I recently finished Mary Roach's latest work "Fuzz" and was reminded how informative， exciting and entertaining good science writing can be。 This book reminded me that it can often be to opposite。 The book is certainly informative， and the author's knowledge is vast。 Unfortunately， what she writes about mainly is human migration patterns with a smaller attention paid to how those migrations may have led to the domestication of dogs。 The actual information covering how the human/dog bond grew cou I recently finished Mary Roach's latest work "Fuzz" and was reminded how informative， exciting and entertaining good science writing can be。 This book reminded me that it can often be to opposite。 The book is certainly informative， and the author's knowledge is vast。 Unfortunately， what she writes about mainly is human migration patterns with a smaller attention paid to how those migrations may have led to the domestication of dogs。 The actual information covering how the human/dog bond grew could probably have been covered in a 4 page paper。 The book reads like a Master's theses and the author never misses a chance to use an obscure scientific term when a perfectly familiar one exists。 In fact， often she uses the familiar one and then shifts to the scientific one， thus proving she is a scientist。 My wife started the book and quit because she didn't think it was worth the effort。 I did finish it and she was right。 。。。more