Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity - Softcover

Hare, Brian; Woods, Vanessa

 
9780861541294: Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0861541294 ISBN 13: 9780861541294
Verlag: Oneworld Publications, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

What is the secret to humanity’s evolutionary success? Could it be our strength, our intellect… or something much nicer?

From the authors of New York Times bestseller The Genius of Dogs comes a powerful new idea about how ‘friendliness’ is the key factor in the flourishing of our species. Hare and Woods present an elegant new theory called self-domestication, looking at examples of co-operation and empathy and what this can tell us about the evolutionary success of Homo sapiens…

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Brian Hare is Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University, where he founded the Duke Canine Cognition Center. His research on 'dognition' has been published in the leading journals. With his wife Vanessa Woods, he cofounded the new dog intelligence testing and training company Canines Inc. To find out more, visit the Dognition website.



Vanessa Woods is a research scientist at the Duke Canine Cognition Center as well as an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in BBC Wildlife and New Scientist, among others. She is also author of the acclaimed memoir Bonobo Handshake, which tells the story of the scientic love affair and partnership with her husband, Brian Hare. With Hare, Woods cofounded the new dog intelligence testing and training company Canines Inc. To find out more, visit the Dognition website.

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What is the secret to humanity’s evolutionary success? Could it be our strength, our intellect… or something much nicer?

From the authors of New York Times bestseller The Genius of Dogs comes a powerful new idea about how ‘friendliness’ is the key factor in the flourishing of our species. Hare and Woods present an elegant new theory called self-domestication, looking at examples of co-operation and empathy and what this can tell us about the evolutionary success of Homo sapiens…

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Verlag
Oneworld Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0861541294
ISBN 13 
9780861541294
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
304
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