How the Dog Became the Dog: From Wolves to Our Best Friends

This "informative account" of canine evolution will "appeal to dog lovers with a curiosity about the origins of their favorite companion." (Publishers Weekly)

Many have made the case that dogs have evolved from wolves but the evolutionary link between wolves and dogs remains a mystery. In How the Dog Became the Dog, Mark Derr posits that the dog's evolution from wolf was inevitable due to the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship between wolves and hunter-gatherer humans. How the ...