Some recent analysis has pushed the date of the domestication of wolves in Europe as far back as 40,000 years ago, primarily based on the presence of dog-like anatomical features, such as shorter skulls and wider snouts, in several ancient canid remains. Other research, which mixed genetic and archaeological information, describe a separate domestication event in Siberia, around 23,000 years ago; the dogs from this lineage doubtless crossed the land bridge of Beringia and entered the Americas with people no less than 15,000 years in the past. Still different groups have concluded that domestication occurred in Central Asia, China, and different places.
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The first dogs in all probability had utilitarian roles: hauling items, searching, and guarding.
And sooner or later on this early chapter of our shared story, an historical canine grew to become one thing extra to somebody.
The present high contender for the primary greatest buddy is a puppy that lived, for a number of months, greater than 14,000 years in the past in Central Europe. Known as the Bonn-Oberkassel dog, the animal was buried with two adults and varied grave items. The partial stays had been discovered greater than 100 years in the past in a quarry, and initially thought to belong to a wolf.
