Card #008 · HistoryDex
Domestication of the Dog
The puzzle
Where?Where did this phenomenon appear?
When?Around what period did this phenomenon appear?
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The answer
- Place
- Siberia / Northern Eurasia
- Date
- 25,000 → 14,000 BCE
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The first known animal domestication, from wolves, by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers.
Domestication of the Dog
Russia · 25,000 → 14,000 BCE
A coming together of humans and wolves, from which the first animal companion of humankind is born. It changes hunting, the guarding of camps and daily life.
According to DNA, the gray wolf becomes the dog 15,000 to 25,000 years ago in Eurasia, but it is not known whether this happened in a single place. The first animal companion of humankind, it changes hunting and the guarding of camps. The oldest recognized fossil dog, in Germany, was buried with two humans.
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