Imagine a time thousands of years ago when wild wolves roamed near human camps, their eyes gleaming in the firelight. These fierce hunters would eventually become our loyal companions, transforming ...

Introduction: The beginnings -- 1. The spaniels of San Marcos : what is a dog and who cares? -- 2. Cooperation between species -- 3. Homo canis : why humans are different than all other primates -- 4.

Wolves became dogs via cooperation and reciprocity rather than through competition with humans "I wrote this book to remind people that the wolves we often demonize and persecute through wildlife ...