Evolutionary Biologist Meets Dog

186 mm x 130 mm
200pages
JPY1,700
ISBN 9784790717638
Pub date: November 2021

A cute little white puppy came to the home of an evolutionary biologist and a psychologist couple. His name is Kikumaru. Kikumaru is followed by Kogiku, a mischievous rambunctious boy, and Maggie, a cute, selfish girl.

This is a science x dog essay that describes what they thought about living together with these three dogs, all with different personalities.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Prologue My Canines

I How Canines Perceive the World

Chapter 1 Eating and Smelling
Chapter 2 Seeing, Hearing, Tasting

II The Roads Canines and Humans Have Traveled

Chapter 3 Where Do Canines Come From?
Chapter 4 Biological Evolution and Human Selection
Chapter 5 Differences between breeds and personalities
Chapter 6 The Life of the Canine

III Society Opened by Canines

Chapter 7 Why are Canines Cute: Mechanism of Attachment Formation
Chapter 8 Canine Ownership and Our Community

Canines in Society: Reconsidering Human-Canine Relationships (Juichi Hasegawa)

Afterword
References