Donkeys carried Christ into Jerusalem while in Greek myth they transported Hephaistos up
to Mount Olympos and Dionysos into battle against the Giants. They were probably the first …

The role of the dog changed strongly over time in ancient Greece. It is clear that the early
Greeks held many negative feelings towards dogs while still holding them as valued work …

A riveting look at how dog and humans became best friends, and the first history of dog
domestication to include insights from indigenous peoples In this fascinating book …

My central concern in this chapter is to attempt to outline some of the complexities of writing
about animals from the perspectives of the humanities and particularly issues relating to …

Available evidence suggests that sustained canid domestication, resulting in the evolution of
modern dogs, took place in Europe, but not before about 16,000–17,000 years ago, and …

In Attica the first known image of a dog comes from a vase of the third millennium BC. In
Classical and Hellenistic Greece there are many representations of dogs in sculpture and …

Though donkeys have historically been among our most useful domesticated animals—from
plowing fields to navigating difficult terrain—they have been much maligned in popular …

While it is probably poor practice to award regions of the world marks for originating
domesticates it is worth noting that Africa is responsible for four species of domestic animal …

This book draws together many disparate ideas from different fields of study and personal
experiences that have enlightened me. One of the most important of these ideas began …

This is a response to the comments of Crockford and Kuzmin (2012) on our identification of
Palaeolithic dogs from different European Palaeolithic sites. In their comments Crockford …