Wolves and Dogs : between Myth and Science /

Various parallels have been drawn between wolves and humans from the perspective of their social organisation. Therefore, studying wolves may well shed light on the evolutionary origins of complex human cognition and, in particular, on the role that cooperation played in its development. Humans clos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Range, Friederike (Author), Marshall-Pescini, Sarah (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Series:	Fascinating Life Sciences,
Subjects:	Zoology. Cognition in animals. Psychology. Behavior genetics. Veterinary medicine. Ecology . Animal behavior. Animal Cognition. Behavioral Sciences and Psychology. Behavioral Genetics. Veterinary Science. Behavioral Ecology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Comparing the behaviour and cognition of wolves and dogs
Chapter 3: The socio-ecology of wolves
Chapter 4: The socio-ecology of Free-ranging Dogs
Chapter 5: Social dynamics between conspecifics
Chapter 6: Social behaviour with humans
Chapter 7: Social Cognition Part I: Communication with humans
Chapter 8: Social Cognition Part II: Social learning and Cooperation
Chapter 9: Physical Cognition Part I: problem solving and its correlates
Chapter 10: Physical Cognition Part II: Learning and reasoning
Chapter 11: Domestication hypotheses relating to behaviour and cognition - which are supported by the current data?.