This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent
burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution,
and cognition. The author presents a new ecological approach to the
understanding of dog behaviour, demonstrating how dogs can be the
subject of rigorous and productive scientific study without the need
to confine them to a laboratory environment. Dog Behaviour,
Evolution, and Cognition starts with an overview of the conceptual
and methodological issues associated with the study of the dog,
followed by a brief description of their role in human society-almost
a third of human families share their daily life with the dog! An
evolutionary perspective is then introduced with a summary of current
research into the process of domestication. The central part of the
book is devoted to issues relating to the cognitive aspects of
behaviour which have received particular attention in recent years
from both psychologists and ethologists. The book's final chapters
introduce the reader to many novel approaches to dog behaviour, set
in the context of behavioural development and genetics. Directions
for future research are highlighted throughout the text which also
incorporates links to human and primate research by drawing on
homologies and analogies in both evolution and behaviour. The book
will therefore be of relevance and use to anyone with an interest in
behavioural ecology including graduate students of animal behaviour
and cognition, as well as a more general audience of dog enthusiasts,
biologists, psychologists and sociologists.
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