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2 days ago · By about 30 to 40 million years ago Miacis had evolved into the first true dog—namely, Cynodictis. This was a medium-size animal, longer than it was tall, with a long tail and a fairly brushy coat. Over the millennia Cynodictis gave rise to two branches, one in Africa and the other in Eurasia.
- Gray Wolf
Gray wolf, largest wild member of the dog family (Canidae)....
- Foxes
Fox, any of various members of the dog family resembling...
- Cat
cat, (Felis catus), domesticated member (felid) of the...
- Dog Summary
dog, Domesticated mammal (Canis lupus familiaris) of the...
- Genetic Engineering
The possibility for recombinant DNA technology emerged with...
- Hunting
hunting, sport that involves the seeking, pursuing, and...
- Reproductive Cycle
Dog - Reproduction, Heat Cycle, Breeding: The heat cycle of...
- Terriers
Dog - Terriers, Hunting, Companions: The breeds in the...
- Teeth
Dog - Teeth, Anatomy, Care: The two sets of teeth serve as...
- Gray Wolf
1 day ago · Domestication of the dog. The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago immediately before the Last Glacial Maximum, [1] [2] when much of the mammoth steppe was cold and dry. The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf ...
2 days ago · The oldest archaeological evidence for cat domestication is a 9,500-year-old grave, discovered in Cyprus in 2004, in which a Paleolithic-era human was buried with their feline pet. There is scant ...
5 days ago · During their domestication 14,000–30,000 years ago, dogs have undergone selective changes and developed behavioral skills that enable them to better function in human social groups. Humans and dogs share some basic emotional functionality of the nervous systems, which aids in interspecies interaction.
3 days ago · A dog is a domestic mammal of the family Canidae and the order Carnivora. Its scientific name is Canis lupus familiaris. Dogs are a subspecies of the gray wolf, and they are also related to foxes and jackals. Dogs are one of the two most ubiquitous and most popular domestic animals in the world. (Cats are the other.)
5 days ago · Labrador Retriever, breed of sporting dog that originated in Newfoundland and was brought to England by fishermen about 1800. It is characteristically rugged, even-tempered, and gentle. An ideal family pet, the Labrador Retriever became in the 1990s the most popular dog breed in the United States.
