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Domestic Dogs weren't born in a specific year. Domestication takes place over the course of many years. Selective breeding can affect a species quite rapidly and is a natural process for humans to initiate. Domestication was most likely done done by accident rather than intentionally. One litter of puppies is born and one is chosen over the rest for certain characteristics such as size, color, bark, friendliness, or other characteristics.
Archaeology has placed the earliest known domestication approximately 30,000 B.C., and with certainty at 7,000 BC. Other evidence suggests that dogs were first domesticated in East Asia.
Due to the difficulty in assessing the structural differences in bones, the identification of a domestic dog based on cultural evidence is of special value. Perhaps the earliest clear evidence for this domestication is the first dog found buried together with human from 12,000 years ago in Palestine and a burial site in Germany called Bonn-Oberkassel with joint human and dog interments dating to 14,000 years ago.
In 2008, re-examination of fossil material excavated from Goyet Cave in Belgium in the late 19th century resulted in the identification of a 31,700 year old dog, a large and powerful animal who ate reindeer, musk oxen and horses. This dog was part of the Aurignacian culture that had produced the art in Chauvet Cave.
In 2010, the remains of a 33,000 year old skull of a domesticated Canid from Siberia were found in the Altai Mountains of Southern Siberia. In 2011, the skeleton of a 26,000 to 27,000 year old dog were found in the Czech Republic. It had been interred with a mammoth bone in it's mouth - perhaps to assist it's journey in the afterlife.
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If the domestic dogs originated from the wolf then where did the wild dogs originate from?
Wild dog ornginate from domestic dogs/wolfs!Aubree8327
Are domestic dogs inside or outside dogs?
The oposite of a domestic dog is a wild dog. In other words, domestic dogs are just dogs that have been either born and bread as pets, or have been brought in from the wild and tamed. Domestic dogs simply means that they are pets, and while some dogs do better in large properties where they can run, others make better "lap dogs". "Lap dogs" are usually smaller dogs that don't need large places to run, because they get their exersize by just going on walks. Large dogs usually need wide areas to run and romp, and are considered "outside" dogs.
When do dogs become domestic?
They are
What animal descended from a wolf?
Domestic dogs did not exactly descend from the wolf. Domestic dogs are 100% wolf but were slowly domesticated by man over the years.
What year did guinea pigs become a pet?
There is no specific year. Just as there is no year for when dogs became pets. People simply began keeping domestic animals and treating them as pets.
What do domestic dogs and prarie dogs have in common?
Relatively nothing. Prarie dogs are rodents
Do dogs live in dens when they are wild?
if it is a domestic pet dog then no
Why are dogs classified as species?
Actually, domestic dogs are classified further than species. Domestic dogs, Canis lupus familiaris, are a subspecies of the Gray Wolf, Canis lupus.
Is dog is omnivore herbivore carnivore?
Domestic dogs, as with all dogs, are carnivores.
Is a dog an omnivore carnivore herbivore?
Domestic dogs, as with all dogs, are carnivores.
What do teddy bear dogs eat?
The same foods as other domestic dogs.
Which dogs are jaguars scared of?
Domestic dogs? Jaguars have been recorded to eat them.
