{"product_id":"our-oldest-companions-by-pat-shipman-9780674293946","title":"Our Oldest Companions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A lively tale of dog domestication and migration.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When, where, and how did the partnership between dogs and humans begin? Was it an accident? Was it inevitable? A \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e drawing together under one proverbial roof what science can tell us to date.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Wendy Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Horse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Makes a remarkable story out of the long partnership between humans and dogs.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did the dog become man's best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of both species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDogs and humans have been inseparable for more than 40,000 years. So what have they taught one another? Determined to untangle the genetic and archaeological evidence of the first dogs, Pat Shipman follows the trail of the wolf-dog, neither prehistoric wolf nor modern dog, whose bones offer tantalising clues about the earliest stages of domestication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe considers the enigma of the dingo, not quite domesticated yet not entirely wild, and reveals how scientists are shedding new light on the origins of the unique relationship between man and dog, explaining how dogs became our guardians, playmates, shepherds, hunters, and providers. Along the way, dogs have changed physically, behaviourally, and emotionally - but we have been transformed, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant work of historical reconstruction, \u003cem\u003eOur Oldest Companions\u003c\/em\u003e shows that we can't hope to understand our own species without recognising the central role dogs have played in making us who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854734807276,"sku":"9780674293946","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/69d9f075a86f88ec183a60b61f6d1cd1.jpg?v=1759265724","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/our-oldest-companions-by-pat-shipman-9780674293946","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}