: how humans and their dogs drove Neanderthals to extinction Pat Shipman creator Pat Shipman text ;Human evolution-;Human-animal relationships Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press , 2015 monographic eng

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xiii, 266 pages ;24 cm. Humans domesticated dogs soon after Neanderthals began to disappear. This alliance between two predator species, Pat Shipman hypothesizes, made possible unprecedented success in hunting large Ice Age mammals--a distinct and ultimately decisive advantage for human invaders at a time when climate change made both humans and Neanderthals vulnerable. And he is us -- Here we come, ready or not -- Time is of the essence -- Who wins in an invasion? -- How do you know that? -- What's for dinner? -- What does an invasion look like? -- Going, going, gone -- Guess who else is coming for dinner? -- Bearing up under competition pressure -- The Jagger principle -- Dogged -- Why dogs? -- When is a wolf not a wolf? -- What happened and why. /Pat Shipman Biology 569.9 SHI 9780674975415 Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd. ;7/22,Ansari Road ,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002 200114 20200221151308.0