The Wolf Within. Professor Bryan Sykes

      

      

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018

      Text © Bryan Sykes 2018

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      Source ISBN: 9780008244453

      Ebook Edition © November 2018 ISBN: 9780008244439

      Version: 2019-11-11

       Dedication

      To Sergio and Ulla

      Illustration courtesy of Richard Sykes. This illustration depicts the tomb of Liliana Crociati de Szaszak in La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, which is known for its unusual neo-gothic design. Liliana was twenty-six years old when she was killed by an avalanche, and after his death several years later, her beloved dog, Sabú was added to her memorial. The text under the dog’s statue reads ‘Sabú, faithful friend of Liliana’.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Preface

       1 Lupa

       2 Darwin’s Dilemma

       3 I Met a Traveller from an Antique Land

4 On the Origin of Wolves

5 The Living Fossil

6 Let the Bones Speak

7 The Cave of Forgotten Dreams

8 Hunting with Wolves

9 Why Didn’t Shaun Ellis Get Eaten by Wolves?

       10 Friend or Foe?

       11 A Touch of Evil

       12 The Basic Framework

       13 We See the First Dogs

       14 The Studbook of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks

       15 The Emergence of Modern Breeds

       16 The Dog Genome

       17 The Genetics of Pedigree Breeds

       18 The Dance of Life

       19 At the Heart of the Matter

       20 In the Lab

       21 The Scientist who Came in from the Cold

       22 The Autumn Muster

       23 The Girl who Talks with Dogs

       24 Born Again: Cloning your Dog

       25 Beyond the Reach of Reason

       Acknowledgements

       References

       Index

       About the Author

       About the Publisher