Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges
SIMPLE SUMMARY: The Earth is under increasing pressure from the burgeoning global human population and the subsequent rise in demand for food and a myriad of other finite resources. Mitigating the environmental, societal and ecological impact of the human footprint requires understanding the long-te...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:7142965 2023-05-15T15:51:09+02:00 Humanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges Sykes, Naomi Beirne, Piers Horowitz, Alexandra Jones, Ione Kalof, Linda Karlsson, Elinor King, Tammie Litwak, Howard McDonald, Robbie A. Murphy, Luke John Pemberton, Neil Promislow, Daniel Rowan, Andrew Stahl, Peter W. Tehrani, Jamshid Tourigny, Eric Wynne, Clive D. L. Strauss, Eric Larson, Greger 2020-03-17 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142965/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32192138 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10030502 en eng MDPI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142965/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32192138 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10030502 © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). CC-BY Review Text 2020 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10030502 2020-04-19T00:25:56Z SIMPLE SUMMARY: The Earth is under increasing pressure from the burgeoning global human population and the subsequent rise in demand for food and a myriad of other finite resources. Mitigating the environmental, societal and ecological impact of the human footprint requires understanding the long-term relationships between our species and the plants and animals we now rely upon. In addition, the modern scientific approach often conceives of, and addresses individual problems through narrow windows that can fail to take into account the connectedness of multiple problems. By broadening the scope of inquiry to include both science and humanities perspectives, and simultaneously focussing on a single species, we suggest that many of the United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) can be addressed more effectively. In this paper, we describe how a comprehensive assessment of the long-term relationship between humans and dogs can yield insights, and offer ways in which modern global challenges can be tackled. ABSTRACT: No other animal has a closer mutualistic relationship with humans than the dog (Canis familiaris). Domesticated from the Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus), dogs have evolved alongside humans over millennia in a relationship that has transformed dogs and the environments in which humans and dogs have co-inhabited. The story of the dog is the story of recent humanity, in all its biological and cultural complexity. By exploring human-dog-environment interactions throughout time and space, it is possible not only to understand vital elements of global history, but also to critically assess our present-day relationship with the natural world, and to begin to mitigate future global challenges. In this paper, co-authored by researchers from across the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities, we argue that a dog-centric approach provides a new model for future academic enquiry and engagement with both the public and the global environmental agenda. Text Canis lupus PubMed Central (PMC) Animals 10 3 502 |
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SIMPLE SUMMARY: The Earth is under increasing pressure from the burgeoning global human population and the subsequent rise in demand for food and a myriad of other finite resources. Mitigating the environmental, societal and ecological impact of the human footprint requires understanding the long-term relationships between our species and the plants and animals we now rely upon. In addition, the modern scientific approach often conceives of, and addresses individual problems through narrow windows that can fail to take into account the connectedness of multiple problems. By broadening the scope of inquiry to include both science and humanities perspectives, and simultaneously focussing on a single species, we suggest that many of the United Nations Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) can be addressed more effectively. In this paper, we describe how a comprehensive assessment of the long-term relationship between humans and dogs can yield insights, and offer ways in which modern global challenges can be tackled. ABSTRACT: No other animal has a closer mutualistic relationship with humans than the dog (Canis familiaris). Domesticated from the Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus), dogs have evolved alongside humans over millennia in a relationship that has transformed dogs and the environments in which humans and dogs have co-inhabited. The story of the dog is the story of recent humanity, in all its biological and cultural complexity. By exploring human-dog-environment interactions throughout time and space, it is possible not only to understand vital elements of global history, but also to critically assess our present-day relationship with the natural world, and to begin to mitigate future global challenges. In this paper, co-authored by researchers from across the natural and social sciences, arts and humanities, we argue that a dog-centric approach provides a new model for future academic enquiry and engagement with both the public and the global environmental agenda. |
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Sykes, Naomi Beirne, Piers Horowitz, Alexandra Jones, Ione Kalof, Linda Karlsson, Elinor King, Tammie Litwak, Howard McDonald, Robbie A. Murphy, Luke John Pemberton, Neil Promislow, Daniel Rowan, Andrew Stahl, Peter W. Tehrani, Jamshid Tourigny, Eric Wynne, Clive D. L. Strauss, Eric Larson, Greger |
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