Altruism in wolves explains the coevolution of dogs and humans

The date of historical domestication of dogs has been pushed back to between 15,000–30,000 years ago (estimates vary), a time when hunter-gatherer societies predominated in northern Europe and central Asia. We present insights from evolutionary behavioural ecology suggesting that wolves may have be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pierre Jouventin, Yves Christen, F. Stephen Dobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Queen's University 2016-06-01
Series:Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
dog
Online Access:https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/IEE/article/view/6081