Humanity's Dual Response to Dogs and Wolves.

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Keywords:

Domestication

Dogs

Publication Type: Journal Article

Authors: Treves, Adrian; Bonacic, Cristian

Year of Publication: 2016

Journal: Trends Ecol Evol

Volume: 31

Issue: 7

Pagination: 489-91

Date Published: 2016 Jul

Publication Language: eng

ISSN: 1872-8383

Abstract:

Dogs were first domesticated 31 000-41 000 years ago. Humanity has experienced ecological costs and benefits from interactions with dogs and wolves. We propose that humans inherited a dual response of attraction or aversion that expresses itself independently to domestic and wild canids. The dual response has had far-reaching consequences for the ecology and evolution of all three taxa, including today's global 'ecological paw print' of 1 billion dogs and recent eradications of wolves.

URL: http://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(16)30040-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.04.006

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27185394?dopt=Abstract

Alternate Journal: Trends Ecol. Evol. (Amst.)

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