The Pet Tree House - Where Pets Are Family Too : When Did Dogs Become Man's Best Friend? The Pet Tree House - Where Pets Are Family Too : When Did Dogs Become Man's Best Friend?

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

When Did Dogs Become Man's Best Friend?


Man's best friend may have been domesticated about 15,000 years ago, evolving from wolves around the time that humans were establishing their first settlements, new evidence suggests.

Using sophisticated 3D imaging to analyze several fossil skulls, a study in this week's Nature Scientific Reports found dogs emerged much more recently than previously thought. Other studies in recent years had suggested dogs evolved as early as 30,000 years ago, a period known as the late Paleolithic, when humans were hunter-gatherers.

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