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The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication, and the emergence of the first dogs.
- Two Domestications
- The Data: Early Domestication of Dogs
- Dogs Treated Equally to Humans
- Modern Breeds and Ancient Origins
- Theories of Modern Breed Origination
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In 2016, a research team led by bioarchaeologist Greger Larson (Frantz et al. cited below) published mtDNA evidence for two places of origin for domestic dogs: one in Eastern Eurasia and the other in Western Eurasia. According to that analysis, ancient Asian dogs originated from a domestication event from Asian wolvesat least 12,500 years ago, and ...
The earliest confirmed domestic dog anywhere is from a burial site in Germany called Bonn-Oberkassel, which has joint human and dog interments dated 14,000 years ago. The earliest confirmed domesticated dog in China was found in the early Neolithic (7000–5800 BCE) Jiahusite in Henan Province. Evidence for the co-existence of dogs and humans, but no...
Some studies of dog burials dated to the Late Mesolithic-Early Neolithic Kitoi period in the Cis-Baikal region of Siberia suggest that in some cases, dogs were awarded "personhood" and treated equally to humans. A dog burial at the Shamanaka site was a male, middle-aged dog that had suffered injuries to its spine, injuries from which it recovered. ...
Evidence for the appearance of breed variation is found in several European Upper Paleolithic sites. Medium-sized dogs (with wither heights between 45–60 cm) have been identified in Natufian sites in the Near East dated to ~15,500-11,000 cal BP). Medium to large dogs (wither heights above 60 cm) have been identified in Germany (Kniegrotte), Russia ...
Scholars now agree that most dog breeds we see today are recent developments. However, the astounding variation in dogs is a relic of their ancient and varied domestication processes. Breeds vary in size from the one-pound (.5 kilogram) "teacup poodles" to giant mastiffs weighing more than 200 lbs (90 kg). In addition, breeds have different limb, b...
Botigué LR, Song S, Scheu A, Gopalan S, Pendleton AL, Oetjens M, Taravella AM, Seregély T, Zeeb-Lanz A, Arbogast R-M et al. 2017. Ancient European dog genomes reveal continuity since the Early Neol...Frantz LAF, Mullin VE, Pionnier-Capitan M, Lebrasseur O, Ollivier M, Perri A, Linderholm A, Mattiangeli V, Teasdale MD, Dimopoulos EA et al. 2016. Genomic and archaeological evidence suggests a dua...Freedman AH, Lohmueller KE, and Wayne RK. 2016. Evolutionary History, Selective Sweeps, and Deleterious Variation in the Dog. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics47(1):73–96.Geiger M, Evin A, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Gascho D, Mainini C, and Zollikofer CPE. 2017. Neomorphosis and heterochrony of skull shape in dog domestication. Scientific Reports7(1):13443.Jun 2, 2016 · A major international research project on dog domestication, led by the University of Oxford, has reconstructed the evolutionary history of dogs by first sequencing the genome (at Trinity College Dublin) of a 4,800-year old medium-sized dog from bone excavated at the Neolithic Passage Tomb of Newgrange, Ireland.
Oct 19, 2023 · What led to their domestication? Fortunately, a combination of archaeological, genetic and evolutionary evidence has been able to shed some light on the process. Two dogs next to their ancestor, the grey wolf.
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The analysis reveals that dog domestication can be traced back 11,000 years, to the end of the last Ice Age. This confirms that dogs were domesticated before any other known species.
Nov 3, 2021 · Dogs have actually developed new facial musculature in the domestication process — notably, a muscle responsible for furrowing the brow. The resulting “puppy dog” eyes may have helped to strengthen the caretaking response that probably played into our initial desire to associate with canines.
Jul 23, 2024 · The history of dog domestication can be understood as a process divided into two stages: First stage: wild wolves were domesticated to give rise to primitive domestic dogs. Second stage: certain characters and traits which interested humans were selected for breeding purposes.
