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    Eight million years ago, a large carnivoran called Epicyon attacked herbivores on the Great Plains. Epicyon and related bone-crushing dogs went extinct when the climate cooled, while a smaller canid called Eucyon survived and evolved into wolves. Around 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers buried a body with a pup, some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication from wolves. Dogs and wolves share 99% identical DNA but dogs developed traits like trainability and varied coats from living with humans, while wolves remained wild.

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    Eight million years ago, a large carnivoran called Epicyon attacked herbivores on the Great Plains. Epicyon and related bone-crushing dogs went extinct when the climate cooled, while a smaller canid called Eucyon survived and evolved into wolves. Around 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers buried a body with a pup, some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication from wolves. Dogs and wolves share 99% identical DNA but dogs developed traits like trainability and varied coats from living with humans, while wolves remained wild.

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    Eight million years ago, a large carnivoran called Epicyon attacked herbivores on the Great Plains. Epicyon and related bone-crushing dogs went extinct when the climate cooled, while a smaller canid called Eucyon survived and evolved into wolves. Around 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers buried a body with a pup, some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication from wolves. Dogs and wolves share 99% identical DNA but dogs developed traits like trainability and varied coats from living with humans, while wolves remained wild.

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    Evolution of Wolves To Dogs

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    Eight million years ago, a large carnivoran called Epicyon attacked herbivores on the Great Plains. Epicyon and related bone-crushing dogs went extinct when the climate cooled, while a smaller canid called Eucyon survived and evolved into wolves. Around 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers buried a body with a pup, some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication from wolves. Dogs and wolves share 99% identical DNA but dogs developed traits like trainability and varied coats from living with humans, while wolves remained wild.

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    WOOF

    Roots of Dog

    Eight million years ago on what is now the U.S. Great Plains, a powerful canid
    (lineage of carnivorans) called Epicyon attacks a horned herbivore.

    Epicyon is of size of a large wolf.


    Epicyon and other of the subfamily
    Borophaginae followed their prey into
    extinction after the climate cooled down.
    Eucyon with teeth suited for eating meats
    and plants survived and eventually
    migrated to North America and evolved into
    wolves.

    ThesubfamilyBorophaginaeis
    an extinct group ofcanidscalled
    "bone-crushing dogs"

    Human - Dog Connection

    About 12,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers (in Israel)


    placed a body in a grave with its hand cradling a pup.

    It cant be known whether its a dog or wolf. The burial is


    among the earliest fossil evidence of dog domestication.

    It was known that humans started to adopt wolf pups


    around 14,000 years ago.

    Wolf pups that are less aggressive and better at begging


    for food are favored.

    Some says dog domesticated themselves by adapting to


    new niche human refuse dumps. Scavenging canids
    that dont flee from people survived in the niche and
    succeeding generations became increasingly tamed.

    DNA makeup of dogs and wolves are almost identical.

    Comparison between Dog & Wolf

    Breeds Apart
    SIMILARITIES

    Dogs share certain characteristics born of their common origin.

    Dogs developed tame dispositions and genetically linked qualities such as


    trainability, tail wagging and multicolored coats when they are adapted to
    human settlements.

    Dogs developed skulls and teeth that were smaller compared to wolf as they no
    longer need to bring down preys.

    Dogs developed smaller brain which requires lesser protein and calories for
    maintainence and growth as their diet gone from meat to human dumps.

    Differences

    In cold climates, larger dogs with dense coats could have better
    chance to survive and reproduce.

    Human crossbred animals to create greater variation in


    appearance and ability to survive under different nature.

    Dogs variation was possible because of genes that affect the


    timing of its development as a fetus and puppy, this alters the
    final appearance.

    For example, the late growth of nose results in the pushed-in


    upper face of bulldog, while the earlier growth of nose results in
    long and slender snout of borzoi.

    Faithful Companions

    Dogs evolved in company of humans and difficult to exist without


    them.

    Vast majority living wild as village scavengers depend on


    proximity to humans.

    Below are some examples where human sees dogs not only as a
    creature but as a companion.

    Wrapped to resemble a jackal, the mummy of a young


    canine was left an offering in an Egyptian tomb during
    Roman times. Egyptians did not consider dogs sacred but
    believed in their wild cousin, the jackal (as the god of
    Anubis), guided souls of the dead to the afterlife.

    In 1957, a dog named Laika became the first creature to orbit


    Earth in the Soviet Sputnik 2 satellite. She died in space.
    Soviets later sent dogs rocketing 50 miles up in pressure suits
    to prepare for the first manned spaceflight in 1961. Most,
    perhaps all, survived.

    When Sony designed the robot pet Aibo, it chose the form of a dog
    to appeal to the widest possible market. We consider it a
    companion, a mascot, says spokesman Jon Piazza

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