Domesticated Dogs: Fact Place Or Time Of Domestication

Nobody knows exactly when dogs were domesticated there is so many different showings of when dogs were domesticated but the latest would be where it says 32,000 years ago. The domestication of cats and dogs or  any animals come from humans and animals living so close to each other in close quarter communities. Genes during domestication overlaps with the genes from humans, the same kind of genes are for digestion, metabolism, neurological process and cancer according to population genetics. So humans and animals both was domesticated from the same genes. Human and animals are a lot alike. “Biologist Raymond Coppinger has another idea, the wolves domesticated themselves he suspects the process would have begun at the end of the last Ice Age approximately 15,000 years ago” (“What Caused The Domestication Of Wolves”). Coppinger believes in “flight distance” which is a behavioral characteristics that transformed the wild dogs to the modern dog

The domestication of animals by humans is an early example of eugenics. Animals were used for hunting, warning system against predators, and overall companionship. (History of Eugenics) Humans at the time wanted a powerful animal, that was able to protect their owner, and help be able to produce food and clothing Obviously a strong animal does not come from handicapped ancestry, rather it comes from a far more adaptive origin. Early day humans exchanged this idea that the fittest animal comes from the fittest parents. This idea of superior origin was used in animal husbandry (History of Eugenics). For instance, a cattle that could produce twice as much milk and supply a strong hide, would obviously out weigh its less useful

The domestic dog has to be one of the most unique animals that the human had ever bred. All dogs were formed differently and for separate reasons; whether it be for their looks or for their personal attributes, the dog has been evolved around humans and yet many breeds were created by humans themselves. I also believe that having a dog is a necessity to having a balanced life, just how Cesar Millan was quoted on the Brainy Quote web page “The dog can only become what's in your bubble. The dog is imitating the energy that is in your bubble. You are the source, the feast of energy. If you feel anxious, the dog becomes anxious with you. If you become nervous, the dog wakes up nervous with you”. Your dog runs off of your actions and emotions

In ancient times, Dogs were called wolves. They were not always called dogs. Many dogs changed during the ice age. Their appearances have changed too. Their shapes of their tales, faces, and their body shapes have changed over time.

Their skulls, teeth, and paws shrank, their ears flopped, they gained a docile disposition, becoming both less frightening and less fearful. They learned to read the complex expressions that ripple across human faces. Even though some dogs don’t look alike, they share some of their genes, and belong to the same species. Compared with equally sized wolves, dogs tend to have smaller skulls and smaller brain. The teeth in wolves are larger than the dog’s teeth. The skin in dogs is thicker than wolves. Wolves are smarter and are more are in their environment than dogs. But when it comes to sociability, dogs are more friendly with other animals and as pets. The Saarloos Wolfdog carries more gray wolf DNA than any other dog breed. The gray wolves live in many places, like in deserts, grassland, forest and arctic tundras. Dogs were developed to do different tasks and for the men needs, like herding, droving, pulling, hauling, herding, hunting, rescuing and guarding. Some dogs were used as luxury item, they were viewed by others as an status

Humans and dogs have been pals for what seems like forever. However, all relationships have to start somewhere, and this relationship is no different. From the beginnings of domestication to where we are today, how we have adapted dogs to our needs and how dogs have adapted us to their needs is a story that sounds fictional. This couldn’t be further from the truth. We call them Man’s Best Friend for a reason--we artificially created them to become our best friends, and they created the mannerisms we use today.

- Forests were cut down for wood or to make space for towns and pastures. As more land was taken, wolves retreated to remote parts of the far north.

Around 12,000 B.C., human beings in Asia moved north in search wooly mammoths and made their way across the Bering Straight to Alaska. Over the next several hundred years, they made their way to the Great Plains where they hunted huge mammals to the point of extinction. During the Archaic Period (9000 B.C. – 1000 B.C.), bands of hunters moved constantly from one area to another in constant search of a suitable food supply. By 1000 B.C. the first sedentary communities were developed near rich fishing areas along the coasts and large rivers. Sedentary people created complex mound communities along the Mississippi River and in the Ohio Valley. When improvements in corn reached the land north of the Mexican desert, there was a marked boom in

what effects the domestication of wolves had on ancient and modern humans(Important Idea #2. This will be explained in Paragraph 3),

Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior[12] and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species.[13] Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colours.[14]

The article starts of directly lacking correctness to its first claim, “Within the past decade, pets-primarily dogs-have soared in importance.”(Metz 238). The evidence toward this claim (quote from a bark magazine) is incorrect because the claim can not be true. Dogs have been important or seen as one to the family for more than only the past decade. The idea that dogs are just now growing in importance is shut down by Neil Pemberton and Julie- Marie Strange in the scholarly journal “Dogs in History and Culture” when they inform readers that, “In 2011, the biologist John Bradshaw reflected that dogs had been ‘man’s best friend’ for thousands of years. Versatile and companionate, dogs had adopted to the myriad roles humans had assigned them

Dogs are domesticated animals and many believe they were the very first to be properly domesticated, as well as the only domesticated species before the cultivation of crops (Craig, 1981). Domestication is a genetic process where dog’s phenotypes and genetics change in response to their interaction with humans (Johnson & Wright, 2014). In recent years, one question that has been asked a great deal is how our interaction affects the behaviour of animals. Is our interaction having a negative impact on these animals? Generally domesticated animals are very well looked after, however when mistreated their

After years of selective breeding and taming, the hunters finally came across some wolves that were able to listen to commands and do what they were ordered to do. These wolves did not look like the first ones with which humans came into contact. Their size, coloring, senses and even the length of their coat or swimming ability reflected the environment in which they lived. These environments could have ranged from anything since hunters do not stay in one place for very long. These wolves probably did not reflect their gray ancestors much anymore. The color of their coat could have become brown, black, or even yellow depending on where they were taken. Their size could have been affected, too, depending on how the hunters had used them- they could have shrunken to the size

By 14,000 to 12,000 years ago dogs were brought over from Asia by the first settlers, These settlers most likely used dogs for hunting and protection, but when situation called they probably used dogs as food. By 10,000 years ago dogs were effecting humans everyday lives all around the world and the uses of dogs were becoming more varied, and by less than 1,000 years ago dogs genetic diversity had changed so immensely to were some of them have no similarities to the wolf. By this time dogs were being bred for specific jobs and tasks, such as herding and watching over livestock. Today there are over a billion dogs in the world made up of over 340 recognized breeds. In America alone there are over 11 million dogs, many of which are simply used as pets and companions with no other use, almost the complete opposite reason for domestication in the first

There are several theories on how the evolution from wolf to dog came about. One theory is that the human environment attracted wolves. Wolves started following people around to take advantage of food scraps that were left behind. Eventually, wolves lost fear of people, and people lost fear of wolves. The benefits of this new relationship were not just one way. Wolves also helped humans by sniffing out prey and helping them hunt. Success likely meant the humans would share their food with wolves. This is a very popular theory, but it has been disputed. Archeological digs show that the early dogs were not eating the same mammoth meat that the humans were eating. Instead, their main diet consisted mostly of less popular human meat such as reindeer. The prehistoric dogs also had many broken teeth and severe facial wounds. Although these injuries could be from fighting with other dogs, many scientists believe the dogs had been beaten with sticks, leading many to assume the relationship between man and prehistoric dog was not as companionable as the theory would suggest.