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The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man's Best Friend, by Professor Bryan Sykes
€10.00
Quay Books
The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore, the wolf, to the astonishing range of comparatively docile domesticated dogs that we know today.
Sykes paints a vivid picture of the dog as an ancient and essential ally. While undoubtedly it was the mastery of fire, language and agriculture that propelled Homo sapiens from a scarce, medium-sized primate to the position we enjoy today, Sykes crucially credits a fourth element for this success: the transformation of the wolf into the multi-purpose helpmate that is the dog.
Drawing upon archaeology, history and genetics, Sykes shows how humans evolved to become the dominant species on Earth, but only with the help of our canine companions.
“Bryan Sykes belongs to the elite band of geneticists who can make their dizzying science at least partially clear to the layman” - Literary Review
“Fascinating” - The Times
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