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So, on the one hand, in order to better understand the character of hunting as such, and
on the other hand, to be able to better judge whether we are dealing with natural species
or already “selected breeds”, we have to give some thought to the big word of
“domestication” and what this actually means with regard to the dog, but also what this
says about the relationship between man and dog. And what was before this
“domestication”, which already means the human being in a fixed, settled situation, as it
can be read in the various reference books.

Chapter 2 – page 26
Domestication, the theoretical foundations and when do we speak of “domestication”?
Erik Zimen as a pilot through the history of today's understanding of race, Erik Zimen
defines: What is a breed or species? Sorting machines and their delimitations, Charles

Darwin and the “adapted races”.
It does not mean the nomadic people before this phase of settling down, in which there
were already dogs that accompanied humans. And it is assumed that they were already a
product of the transfer of a wild animal into the - shall we say: civilised? - situation of a
domestic animal, an animal at or in the home. Or living in the household? Perhaps this
idea of a discrepancy between wild dog and tamed dog is not as great as we think?

Chapter 3 – page 33
“Domestication”, some examples that speak of domestic animals but are not. Thus
reindeer, wild horses in Germany and in Asia are presented; Africanis, the dog reaches
Africa and how it lives there with the people until today

Chapter 4 – page 44

Hunting with dogs from the perspective of scientific research. Theoretical considerations
from a functional point of view on the use of dogs in hunting. Early evidence as rock
drawings and possible deductions from them on the use of dogs. The use of nets, stone
walls and other constructions.

Chapter 5 – page 57
Ancient Egypt and hunting with nets. Misinterpreted representation in the use of dogs

and types of dogs to be inferred. Naqada periods, the tasks of the ruler, hunter's palette;
Sahure and the development of a pictorial formula for depictions of hunting, Ludwig
Borchardt. Further examples, depiction of hunting at Rekhmire, first depiction of a hunt
in open country with sighthounds, Tutankhamun. Maiherpri, the man of Nubian descent
who led Pharaoh's hunting dogs on a leash. Hunting with nets among the pygmies with
the Basenji type.