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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

Bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years, study finds

www.theguardian.com

okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago
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Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age
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    we definitely got the better end of that deal.

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      They’re far too good for humans. We don’t deserve them

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        You’re right, that they are too good for humans, but we made them that way by picking the tamest wolves and letting them live with us and breeding them into even tamer wolves.

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    Nothing like some new dog lore to start the day with.

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