Ethnocynology (HUMANS & DOGS THROUGH TIME) with David Ian Howe
Ancient dogs! Domestic wolves! Anthropology! Archaeology! It’s all Ethnocynology: when humans and dogs started living and working together. The wonderful and iconic David Ian Howe is an educator and professional archaeologist whose focus is canines and people. So let’s curl up and be cute – like dogs – as we listen about breed histories, what evidence we have for doggies being friends, how wolves tamed themselves, why our relationships with canines make us what we are, talking dogs, if it’s fair it ask your dog to love you back, corn paws, and why your dog is trying to make fetch happen.
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A donation went to the Native American Humane Society
Links to things we discussed:
First Nations, First Dogs: Canadian Aboriginal Ethnocynology by Bryan D. Cummins
Musical Dogs: A Review of the Influence of Auditory Enrichment on Canine Health and Behavior
Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field
Do dog breeds differ in pain sensitivity? Veterinarians and the public believe they do
Cultural awareness for veterinary clinicians
The Evolution of Urban Australian Meat-Eating Practices
What petting a dog can do for your brain
Dogs can discriminate between human baseline and psychological stress condition odours
Effects of contact with a dog on prefrontal brain activity: A controlled trial
On the Communicative Function of Body Odors: A Theoretical Integration and Review
Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds
Dingoes in the Victorian Alpine Region
Brachycephalics: ‘Once a problem is seen it cannot be unseen’
Guiness Book of World Records: Oldest Dog Breed
The history of Coast Salish “woolly dogs” revealed by ancient genomics and Indigenous Knowledge
Arctic-adapted dogs emerged at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition
Other episodes you may enjoy:
Canine Speech Pathology (DOGS WITH BUTTONS)
Experimental Archaeology (ATLATLS)
Classical Archaeology (ANCIENT ROME)
Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING)
Functional Morphology (ANATOMY)
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee
Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn