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A unified approach to the study of domestic animals is an important step in achieving a proper understanding of the nature of domestication. The author emphasises the importance of domestic animals to the development of human civilization and demonstrate how human control of domestication may result in the planned production of distinct kinds of domestic animals.

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"...will stimulate controversy and research and all those interested in evolution or economically important animals will enjoy reading the book." Nature

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Preface to the German edition; Preface to the English edition; 1. Why are domestic animals kept?; 2. Diversity of appearance; 3. The origins of domestic animals; 4. Changes in behaviour; 5. Stress; 6. Acquisition and processing of information; 7. Transmitter substances for information processing; 8. Coat colour and behaviour; 9. Coat colour selection; 10. Limits of endurance; 11. Taming and return to the wild; 12. New domestications; 13. Domestication and evolution; 14. Overall synopsis; Selected reading; List of photographs taken by the author in public zoos and animals parks; Index.

Domestication

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 22 August 2005
      ISBN-13 9780521349802
      978-0521349802
      ISBN-10 052134980X
      Also in:
      Ethology and animal behaviour

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A unified approach to the study of domestic animals is an important step in achieving a proper understanding of the nature of domestication. The author emphasises the importance of domestic animals to the development of human civilization and demonstrate how human control of domestication may result in the planned production of distinct kinds of domestic animals.

      Trade Review

      "...will stimulate controversy and research and all those interested in evolution or economically important animals will enjoy reading the book." Nature

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the German edition; Preface to the English edition; 1. Why are domestic animals kept?; 2. Diversity of appearance; 3. The origins of domestic animals; 4. Changes in behaviour; 5. Stress; 6. Acquisition and processing of information; 7. Transmitter substances for information processing; 8. Coat colour and behaviour; 9. Coat colour selection; 10. Limits of endurance; 11. Taming and return to the wild; 12. New domestications; 13. Domestication and evolution; 14. Overall synopsis; Selected reading; List of photographs taken by the author in public zoos and animals parks; Index.

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