Watch – “On the Origins of Dogs: Barking up the Evolutionary Tree” – Speaker – Patricia Princehouse, PhD

Part 1

1. Canine-human bond
2. Significance of dogs in evolutionary theory
   1. Extensive variation, role of selection
   2. Limitations on variation & thus selection
   3. Rate of Change
   4. Mosaic evolution in anatomy & behavior

Part 2

1. Canine Origins and evolution
2. Human-canine co-evolution
   1. Morphological & behavioral
   2. Multiple independent domestications

Part 3

1. Hypothetical scenario – The Pyrenees
   1. Cro-magnon people
   2. Archeological evidence
   3. Genetic evidence
   4. Linguistic & geographic evidence

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