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May 26, 2017 · An analysis of canine bones from Zhokhov suggests the dogs there were bred to pull sleds, making this the first evidence—by thousands of years—for dog breeding in the archaeological record.
The science is unclear—it was thought the first domesticated dogs originated in China or the Middle East about 15,000 years ago, but a new study suggests the first domesticated dogs came from Europe between 19,000 and 32,000 years ago.
Jan 26, 2021 · CNN — Dogs have been following humans for thousands of years. Archaeological and genetic data has revealed that dogs accompanied humans when they were migrating to the Americas from East...
A new study bolsters the idea that humans began to breed sled dogs in the Arctic more than 9500 years ago, The New York Times reports.
Jul 6, 2017 · Dogs appear to have been the first species domesticated by humans, followed by many others in Asia and the Middle East. As people spread to the New World, they continued to domesticate...
May 30, 2009 · Breeding as we know it today is a fairly recent invention. For the most part, it wasn’t until the 19th century that people began to keep records of canine bloodlines and to classify dogs into...
Jun 28, 2021 · In our history, breeding is pretty recent. Dogs were originally kept around because they made good alarm systems when it came to intruders or animals. Over time, as humans and dogs became closer, humans began to want to improve them. They wanted dogs with more refined skills for what they used them for, for example, herding or retrieving. 1
