![]() Think of this time as something like “caveman” time, because humans had "tool use. We don’t know exactly when wolves evolved into dogs, but let’s start with 200,000 years ago, at the time many scholars think that humans first evolved into their modern form. History of Wolves (and Families of Wolves) Every time we choose to walk a dog instead of playing a video game, or when we choose to play “tug” with a dog instead of checking our email, we are satisfying the needs of our own bodies and minds as well as satisfying the wonderful primal needs of our dogs. Their needs are more basic, and when we pay attention to our dogs’ needs, we end up focusing more on our own pure "primal” needs as well. Obesity and a variety of other physical and psychological issues have cropped up over the last 10,000 years as a result.īy contrast, dogs remain active and social (when given the chance). However, today we generally lead indoor, inactive lives that are inherently unhealthy-our bodies haven’t had time to adapt to this way of living. ![]() Human bodies adapted to thrive in this outdoor, active lifestyle. Unfortunately, whether it’s 10,000 or 80,000 is still unclear.ĭuring the Paleolithic era, people lived a vastly different lifestyle: They lived in small groups, were active all day, and ate non-processed foods. DNA evidence confirms that dogs have been around for tens of thousands of years. The first archaeological evidence of dogs is a 10,000-year-old grave containing the remains of a woman and a puppy, She must have loved her dog very much. But if it's true, it's a nice framework for thinking about dogs and how they help people. So what you’ll read here is only one theory of how humans and dogs developed. ![]() Scientists don’t always know when certain things happened. Theories change all the time, and some theories are controversial. So this is only one interpretation of the history of people and dogs. Now, the theories that I’m going to be relating here are some of the most current-but you should know that most theories end up being supplanted by new theories. Have you ever wondered why dogs and people have such a special connection? The answer may be that, in many ways, we can think of the history of dogs as the history of people.
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