Description
Dogs and people are shaped by a unique co-evolutionary history, each affecting the other, sometimes in surprising ways. After looking at the prehistoric context, we examine the 25,000-year (or much more?) relationship, suggesting ways the relationship might have begun, how we were predisposed to be together, how we have co-evolved, and how the relationship looks today.
Dave Weaver received his doctorate in physical anthropology from UNM. After 25 years at Wake Forest University, he returned to New Mexico. He has worked in North and Central America, Europe, and Africa on human skeletal analysis, forensic anthropology, bone microstructure, human evolution, and osteoporosis. In retirement, he volunteers for the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center and Animal Humane New Mexico, and travels as much as possible.