The domestication hypothesis for dogs' skills with human communication: a response to Udell et al. (2008) and Wynne et al. (2008)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Hare, Brian ^a   Rosati, Alexandra ^a   Kaminski, Juliane ^b   Bräuer, Juliane ^b   Call, Josep ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive evolution; dog cognition; domestication; social cognition

Indexed keywords

CANID; COGNITION; DOMESTICATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 74649083833     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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