You have a dog, right? I have two dogs named Cleopatra and Olive. They are the best!
I do have a dog.  I have a chihuahua named Mia.  I was reading that the dog is a direct ancestor of the wolf
Mine are also chihuahuas! It is crazy to think that these little dogs could come from such big and independent wolves. What else have you been reading about them?
That dogs are the first species to be domesticated.  crazy right/
That is so weird. I would think that we would want to domesticate cows or something first. Dogs are smart though, they see the value in us humans. When were they domesticated?
was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory capabilities, and physical attributes.
Their long association with humans has led dogs to be uniquely attuned to human behavior and they are able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canid species. Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors. They perform many roles for humans, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and, more recently
a dog, however these have been challenged as being left by a wolf. Paleolithic dogs were directly associated with human hunting camps in Europe over 30,000 (YBP) and it is proposed that they were domesticated. They are also proposed to be either a proto-dog and the ancestor of the domestic dog or a type of wolf unknown to science.
Fossil record "Canis lupus familiaris" (domestic dog).
In 2002, a study was undertaken into the fossil skulls of two large canids that had been found buried within