{"product_id":"our-oldest-companions-the-story-of-the-first-dogs-pat-shipman","title":"Our Oldest Companions: The Story of the First Dogs, Pat Shipman","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780674293946\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, October 2023 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e272 Pages, Paperback \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A lively tale of dog domestication and migration.”―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When, where, and how did the partnership between dogs and humans begin? Was it an accident? Was it inevitable?…A tour de force drawing together under one proverbial roof what science can tell us to date.”―Wendy Williams, author of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Horse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Makes a remarkable story out of the long partnership between humans and dogs.”―\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 tantalizing clues about the earliest stages of domestication. She 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, behaviorally, and emotionally―but we have been transformed, too. A brilliant work of historical reconstruction, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOur Oldest Companions\u003c\/span\u003e shows that we can’t hope to understand our own species without recognizing the central role dogs have played in making us who we are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50546359795874,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/71Cu8437-wL._SY342.jpg?v=1790679339","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/our-oldest-companions-the-story-of-the-first-dogs-pat-shipman","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}