NDLI: Comprehension of human communicative signs in pet dogs (2001)

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Comprehension of human communicative signs in pet dogs (2001)

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Author	Soproni, Krisztina Miklósi, Ádám Csányi, Vilmos
Abstract	Dogs seem to represent an attractive species for understanding human communicative signs because they have been selected by humans for at least 100,000years (Vilá et al., 1997) and live in human families, which can be regarded as their natural and social environment. Some researchers assume that this extremely long association with humans resulted in a coevolutionary process (Paxton, 2000; Schleidt, 1998) during which the behavior of dogs has changed significantly in comparison to their relatives. This coevolution hypothesis is based on the apparent temporal and geographical coincidence between the emergence of Canis fami-liaris and special forms of cooperation and communication in the modern Homo sapiens (Csányi, 2000). Because the adaptational demands for this species of Canis were similar to those of their Homo group mates, individuals that were able to adapt better to the human environment gained a selective advantage. It has been assumed that as a result of convergent evolutionary processes, behavioral traits emerged in dogs that are comparable to equiva-lents in human behavior.
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Journal	J. Comp. Psychol
Language	English
Publisher Date	2001-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Human Communicative Sign Pet Dog Coevolutionary Process Human Behavior Human Family Behavioral Trait Adaptational Demand Long Association Canis Fami-liaris Convergent Evolutionary Process Special Form Selective Advantage Social Environment Modern Homo Sapiens Coevolution Hypothesis Homo Group Mate Human Environment Geographical Coincidence Attractive Specie
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