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No one knows for sure since we were not around back then but there is a great book called "Man Meets Dog" by Konrad Lorenz in 1953 in which he discusses the origin of the dog/human relationship. His theory is that all dogs originated from either wolves or jackals and that many of the characteristics of our current dogs can be traced back to those origins. The main thread seems to be that jackal based breeds are more doting and wolf based breeds are more independent and aloof.
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∙ 13y agoThere are many thoughts and hypotheses, but in reality, no one has a true accurate timeframe or location regarding the exact origins of the dog or its domestication history. We do know that its closest ancestor is the wolf, taxonomically it forms part of the group of animals called Canidae, these include wolves, jackals, coyotes, dingoes, and foxes. It is now widely accepted that the modern dog has wolf like traits and is almost certainly derived from wolf stock
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∙ 14y agothe dog is a breed that originated from wolfs. wolfs Raiwolf: Not all dogs originated from wolves, some descend from dingos, coyotes, and most likely species of canidae animals that are now extinct
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∙ 15y agoDogs were first domesticated from wolves about 10,000 years ago in what is today Manchuria.
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∙ 16y agoDogs originate from wolves actually. Some people believe that some wolves ran away from the pack and slowly turned into dogs.
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∙ 15y agoThey originated from the wolf.
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∙ 12y agoThe Wolf.
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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
Do domesticated dogs originate from wolves?
Yes, the domestic dog is a domesticated wolf. They are the same species.
Where do dogs originate?
Wolves
Where did the Komainu dogs aka ShiShi dogs originate?
India
Where do dogs originate from and where?
EAST AMERICA
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.
Where did Swiss mountain dogs originate?
Switzerland
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 a dog an omnivore carnivore herbivore?
Domestic dogs, as with all dogs, are carnivores.
