Timeline of dogs by NAOMI NGINA https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2 The history of dogs en-us 2023-09-14 16:32:12 UTC 2025-04-07 06:05:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f436.png The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are different in form from wolves, mainly smaller and with shorter muzzles and smaller teeth. nngina819 https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704533175 2023-09-14 16:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704533175 30,000 years ago (more than 10,000 years before the domestication of horses and ruminants). This started when wolves began scavenging food scraps from humans, who then began to domesticate the wolves providing them with shelter and protection. In return, the wolves helped the human hunter-gatherers with hunting. As these domesticated wolves were breeding, over 1,000s of years they became dogs as we know them today. nngina819 https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704537775 2023-09-14 16:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704537775 The oldest known dog skeletons are found in the Altai Mountains of Siberia and a cave in Belgium, dated ~33,000 years ago. nngina819 https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704543526 2023-09-14 16:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704543526 When livestock were domesticated about 7,000 to 9,000 years ago, dogs served as herders and guardians of sheep, goats, and cattle nngina819 https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704545581 2023-09-14 16:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704545581 DNA analysis published in 1997 suggests a date of about 130,000 years ago for the transformation of wolves to dogs. nngina819 https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704549539 2023-09-14 16:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tahomasd1/9h0da2hk3qzi12g2/wish/2704549539