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For the dog crowd here..... https://www.ancient-origins.net/his...ints-reveal-oldest-evidence-human-021235There is little doubt that humans and dogs are naturally inclined to be best friends. But when and how did this dynamic duo first emerge? Conventional wisdom holds that agrarian man domesticated scavenger canines about 15,000 years ago. However, recent archaeological discoveries and DNA analyses show that not only is our friendship closer to 30,000 years old (possibly 40,000 years) but also that man did not master and breed wolves into companionable dogs. Rather, our relationship was built on mutual benefits and respect.
This new reality has been made strikingly clear by the discovery of a set of footprints indicating a small child walked alongside a large wolf some 26,000 years ago.
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Thanks for the link. I've always found the early history of human / canine relationships to be fascinating.
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Maybe the wolf was stalking the child?? Or the other way round? Walking alongside is an assumption...just like the cat tracks in the snow by my home this morning..I followed it to the end of the back field, but it looks like we were walking together. Then again, maybe there is a trail cam pic?
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Ha I bet the wolf ate that little turkey
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Maybe the wolf was stalking the child The child may have been texting and did not see the wolf.
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I would blame that on climate change
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yeah its pretty much conjecture like most scientific stuff that happened in the distant past.
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Too bad they didn't offer enough evidence in the story to prove what they are attempting to make the readers believe. First, If this were anywhere near true, it'd have been taken note of many times before in many ways.
Since they failed to give details of what brought them to such an absurd conclusion it was probably just a dog lovers dream.
I read the article expecting some sort of proof, like the overlapping of the tracks first being child over K9 then vise versa. If they'd had documented something like that, it'd been stated and pointed out I'd think.
Instead, the story goes the other direction, the tracks were found "deep in a cave".... Tracks laid down in a cave will not weather nor age very quickly. The K9 tracks could have been made hours, days, weeks or even years apart from when the child entered and passed through the cave.
Poorly written story for offering proof, if it really exists at all.
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Maybe the wolf was stalking the child?? Or the other way round? Walking alongside is an assumption...just like the cat tracks in the snow by my home this morning..I followed it to the end of the back field, but it looks like we were walking together. Then again, maybe there is a trail cam pic? In the back of the cave, one can see the ancient footsteps of a small child walking alongside a wolf The cave would be the kids home you'd think so either the pooch was part of the tribe or …. he hunted down the kid in his cave and et him!
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I've had Ancient Origins bookmarked for a long time. I find it fascinating.
“What if dogs were put in the ‘human family’ category as an extension of the hunter, and like humans, warranted no (or very few) painted or engraved depictions?” asks Anne PikeTay of Vassar College (Shipman, 2016).
Hmmm...Native Americans bred them to eat. The Corps of Discovery found dog meat to be a delicacy.
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If this were true, why haven't they found ancient dog food factories?
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That is one old child! memtb
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Most of the natives had dogs around these parts. I don't think they'd be all lovey dovey about them like we are but they coexisted and benefited from each other. A dog in bear country is a huge asset. Or to pull you over snow in a sled. Near here in the lower Fraser valley evidently the tribes on the north side of the valley had dogs with very wooly hair. They used to make blankets out of the wool. Those dogs are now extinct.
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Oh ye of little faith.
There was a well at the back of the cave, the kid fell in. Lah Seh the wolfdog went for help and invented barking.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Peckerheads like dippy above Made jest at me when I was pumped up about seeing the movie "Alpha" about a yr or so ago. Ancient man and wolf story. Also got told by other peckerwoods on here . I was supporting Hollywoods liberal agenda by going to a movie for the 1st time in well over 10 yrs since seeing the 1st " Incredibles " movie with the wife and 3 daughters when they was young. LMFAO!!!!!
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Peckerheads like dippy above Made jest at me when I was pumped up about seeing the movie "Alpha" about a yr or so ago. Ancient man and wolf story. Also got told by other peckerwoods on here . I was supporting Hollywoods liberal agenda by going to a movie for the 1st time in well over 10 yrs since seeing the 1st " Incredibles " movie with the wife and 3 daughters when they was young. LMFAO!!!!! Great great movie!
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It proves there were dogs and people 26000 years ago or at least a very long time ago.
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not saying its not possible hell i have a fox in my house, just saying you can't come to a conclusion from 26000 yr old tracks.
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If this were true, why haven't they found ancient dog food factories? Of course I know you're joking, as the very notion of commercial dog food is only about a hundred years old. Prior to that, dogs just ate scraps from butchers (mainly bones), wild game processing scraps, and what was left of what folks prepared for themselves to eat (table and kitchen scraps), supplemented by whatever the dogs could catch in the yard.
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