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Commensal domestication
- The most recent research show dogs originating in Eastern Eurasia. At first, these grey wolves were domesticated and evolved into primitive dogs. Humans used primitive dogs for hunting and protection, and in turn, the dogs used humans as a source of food. This type of mutually beneficial system is called commensal domestication.
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Jan 24, 2012 · A 33,000-year-old dog skull unearthed in a Siberian mountain cave presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and, together with an equally ancient find in a cave in...
Mar 6, 2013 · A canine skull found in the Altai Mountains of Siberia is more closely related to modern domestic dogs than to wolves, a new DNA analysis reveals. The findings could indicate that dogs were...
Mar 3, 2020 · Deciphering the puzzles of dog domestication. The domestic dog, as a highly successful domestication model, is well known as a favored human companion. Exploring its domestication history should provide great insight into our understanding of the prehistoric development of human culture and productivity.
- Zhe Zhang, Saber Khederzadeh, Yan Li
- 2020
Apr 16, 2015 · Dogs were the first thing humans domesticated—before any plant, before any other animal. Yet scientists have argued for years over where and when they arose. Some studies suggest that canines evolved in Europe, others Asia, with time frames ranging from 15,000 to more than 30,000 years ago.
May 21, 2012 · The dog was the first domesticated animal but it remains uncertain when the domestication process began and whether it occurred just once or multiple times across the Northern Hemisphere. To ascertain the value of modern genetic data to elucidate the origins of dog domestication, we analyzed 49,024 autosomal SNPs in 1,375 dogs (representing 35 ...
Dec 30, 2016 · Summary. Introduction. Dogs are the oldest domesticated animal and today are second only to cats as the most popular pet in western societies (Boyko, 2011; Leonard et al., 2006; Wayne and vonHoldt, 2012). The dog has taken on many significant roles in human society, ranging from companion, sentry, and hunting partner to its more recent function ...
