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Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition

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This is the first book to collate and synthesise the recent burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution and cognition. 
The author presents a new ecological approach to the understanding of dog behaviour, demonstrating how dogs can be the subject of rigorous and 
productive scientific study without the need to confine them to a laboratory environment. Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition starts with 
an overview of the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the study of the dog, followed by a brief description of their role 
in human society - almost a third of human families share their daily life with a dog! An evolutionary perspective is then introduced with a 
summary of current research into the process of domestication. The central part of the book is devoted to issues relating to the cognitive 
aspects of behavior which have received particular attention in recent years from both psychologists and ethologists. 
The book's final chapters introduce the reader to many novel approaches to dog behavior, set in the context of behavioral development and genetics. 
Directions for future research are highlighted throughout the text which also incorporates links to human and primate research by drawing on homologies 
and analogies in both evolution and behavior. The book will therefore be of relevance and use to anyone with an interest in behavioral 
ecology including graduate students of animal behavior and cognition, as well as a more general audience of dog enthusiasts, biologists, 
psychologists and sociologists.