Wolf and Man
Evolution in Parallel
- 1st Edition - January 28, 1978
- Latest edition
- Editors: Roberta L. Hall, Henry S. Sharp
- Language: English
Wolf and Man: Evolution in Parallel is a collection of papers that discusses certain crucial attributes of humans including traits that are shared with other social predators. Some… Read more
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Wolf and Man: Evolution in Parallel is a collection of papers that discusses certain crucial attributes of humans including traits that are shared with other social predators. Some papers describe the wolf as the equal of man—the animal is a social hunter of large game, disregards human boundaries and properties, and consume livestock when it is necessary. The wolf's will to survive is as great as that of man, and brings along many resources to the competition. Several papers review the behavior and culture of man, wolf, dog, and the Chipewyan people who hunted caribou. Another paper examines the communication, cognitive mapping, and strategy in wolves and hominids. Hominids have developed cognitive maps, forced by their predation on large animals to cover wider ranges, to communicate and form complex sequences of utterances. One paper notes that the wolf was able to penetrate on every continent except Australia and Africa due to the Australian continent's isolation. In Africa, there is no ecological space for another highly organized social hunter of large game. The collection can be appreciated by anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and scientists involved in paleontology and human evolution.
Table of contents
Table of contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Introduction The Anthropology of the Wolf
Part I Behavior and Culture
1 Man, Wolf, and Dog
Domestication and Civilization: Some Analogies
Early Man-Wolf Relationships
Social Organization and Ecology
Human Hunting Communities
Concluding Remarks
References
2 Variability in the Wolf, a Group Hunter
Group Hunting
Aggressive Behavior within the Pack
Reproduction
Individuality of Wolves
References
3 Natural History of the Coyote
4 Comparative Ethnology of the Wolf and the Chipewyan
The Region of Analysis
The Chipewyan and the Caribou
The Wolf
The Wolf and the Caribou
The Wolf and the Chipewyan
Concluding Remarks
References
Part II Communication and Cognition
Evolution of the Brain and Consciousness
Exploring the Evolution of Consciousness
References
5 Communication, Cognitive Mapping, and Strategy in Wolves and Hominids
Communication in Wolves and Hominids
Cognitive Maps of Wolves and Hominids
Strategy in Wolves and Hominids
Strategy and Cognitive Maps in Hominid Communication
References
6 Wolf Vocalization
The Growl
The Whimper
The Bark
The Howl
Concluding Remarks
References
7 Scent-Marking in Wolves
The Scent-Marking Study
Distribution of Olfactory Sign
Stimuli for Scent-Marking
Functions of Scent-Marking
References
Part III Paleobiology
8 Variability and Speciation in Canids and Hominids
Variability and Speciation in Canids and Hominids
Pleistocene Glaciations and Coyote Evolution
Variation in Modern Canids
Australopithecine Variation
The Genus Homo and Two Taxonomic Models
Concluding Remarks
References
9 Dire Wolf Systematics and Behavior
History of Investigation
Wolf, Dire Wolf, and Coyote Evolution
Morphology of the Wolf, Dire Wolf, and Coyote
Pleistocene Ranges of the Wolf, the Dire Wolf, and the Coyote
Extinction of the Pleistocene Dire Wolf
A Model for Dire Wolf Social Organization
Models for Early Hominid Evolution
Concluding Remarks
References
Conclusion Wolf and Human
Behavior and Culture
Cognition and Communication
Paleobiology
The Path Ahead
References
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: January 28, 1978
- Language: English
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