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Made for Each Other: The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond (Merloyd Lawrence Book) |  | Author: Meg Daley Olmert
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 16611
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 312
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0306817365
Dewey Decimal Number: 304.2
EAN: 9780306817366
ASIN: 0306817365
Publication Date: February 2, 2009
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Nothing turns a baby’s head more quickly than the sight or sound of an animal. This fascination is driven by the ancient chemical forces that first drew humans and animals together. It is also the same biology that transformed wolves into dogs and skittish horses into valiant comrades that would carry us into battle. Made for Each Other is the first book to explain how this chemistry of attraction and attachment flows through—and between—all mammals to create the profound emotional bonds humans and animals still feel today. Drawing on recent discoveries from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, behavioral psychology, archeology, as well as her own investigations, Meg Daley Olmert explains why the brain chemistry humans and animals trigger in each other also has a profound effect on our mental and physical well being. This lively and original investigation asks what happens when the bond is severed. If thousands of years of caring for animals infused us with a biology that shaped our hearts and minds, do we dare turn our back on it? Daley Olmert makes a compelling and scientific case for what our hearts have always known, that we were, and always will be, made for each other.
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 Worth skimming but maybe not reading October 22, 2009
Tom Dykstra (Bellevue, WA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The evidence and arguments presented in places in this book are definitely worth being aware of, but there is a great deal of rambling and repetition. The book jacket mentions the author's "lack of formal scientific training," and the book is not really the work of a scholar. It reads much like a long newspaper or magazine article that throws together data from somewhat related scientific studies. The author does not spend much time acknowledging alternative explanations for complex phenomena, and the attribution of virtually all human mental well-being to oxytocin may be overdone. Nevertheless, the book is worth looking through, especially for anyone who does not have a pet and might be considering getting one. If you don't have a pet, the information here may be sufficient to convince you to get one, and if you have one you'll find here biological data confirming what you already know about how good your pet is for your mental health.
 A MISSING LINK May 20, 2009
Drew Sparks (Calistoga, CA USA)
Meg Olmert's wise and witty account of human/animal bonding proves, once
and for all, that the dog at your feet or the cat on your lap is a key link to our civility. In a word, Made for Each Other is a triumph.
Drew Sparks
Calistoga, CA
an interesting new perspective May 11, 2009
Linnea Shaw
I've only just started the book, but I can't wait to get into it more deeply. Very interesting research.
Gripping! April 29, 2009
Lev Raphael (Okemos, MI United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Meg Daley Olmert's book is by turns fascinating, funny, dazzling, thought-provoking. She's a wizard at combining scientific information with personal anecdotes with speculative history, and the book not only makes you feel smarter when you're done, but more human and more appreciative of the animal beings in your life. I've been touting this book to everyone I know who's a dog lover and who loves to read intelligent prose aimed at an intelligent audience. If you loved The Hidden Life of Dogs this is a must, taking that book's observations into new, exciting realms.
A Unique Combination of Science and Charm March 5, 2009
Carman Cunningham (san rafael, california)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's not often that we find a book that combines hard science with readability and charm. Meg Daley Olmert deftly manages both in a book which teaches us the importance of the links that bind all living creatures. As we have participated in the evolution (and extinction) of animals, so have they participated in ours. The illustrations add to the charm. For example, one shows a dwelling made of mammoth tusks and bones. Canine paw prints lead into it.
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