[DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS [PAR] HISTORY OF THE DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS including Two hunting ... 
During the most recent ice age, from about 20,000 years ago (see Ice Ages), 
large ... For the wolf, human ingenuity and the use of weapons mean a share in a 
greater ... The proof is the high proportion of bones of one-year-old sheep 
discarded in a... [DOC] [TLE] Origin of the domestic dog - Wikipedia [PAR] The origin of the domestic dog is not clear. Whole genome sequencing indicates 
that the dog, the gray wolf, and the extinct Taymyr wolf diverged at around the 
same time 27,00040,000 years before present (YBP). These dates imply that the 
earliest dogs arose in the time of human .... In May 2015, a study was conducted 
on a partial rib-bone of a wolf specimen... [DOC] [TLE] The Evolution and Domestication of the Dog - Responsible Dog and ... [PAR] No other domestic animal enjoys the comfort and companionship afforded the 
dog. .... in many different parts of the world may indicate that a small population of 
dogs ... behavioral studies the dog is a domestic wolf and agrees the closest 
relative .... ago, Mesolithic societies began to gather for the first time in 
permanent... [DOC] [TLE] Which animal did we domesticate first? - Slate [PAR] Mar 6, 2009 ... What was the original domesticated animal? ... Archaeologists can tell 
domesticated canines apart from wolves through skeletal ... The earliest dog 
bones, discovered in Belgium in 2008, are from 31,700 years ago. ... Around the 
same time, people started keeping cattle for consumption purposes. Several... [DOC] [TLE] PROVET PETFACTS - Evolution of the Dog [PAR] In the wild dogs have evolved as predatory hunting animals with speed, power 
and keen ... Gun dog puppies (and other breeds) instinctively know from an early 
age how to ... The first evidence of dogs in Egypt date from 3500 BC. ... close 
relatives of the domesticated dog - only sharing a common ancestry some 20 
million... [DOC] [TLE] How hunting with wolves helped humans outsmart the Neanderthals ... [PAR] Feb 28, 2015 ... At that time, modern humans, Neanderthals and wolves were all top predators ... 
Early wolf-dogs would have tracked and harassed animals like elk and ... First 
Neanderthals disappeared to be followed by lions, mammoths, ... because it 
pushes back the origins of dog domestication so deeply into our past. [DOC] [TLE] Full Text - Animal Frontiers - Article | American Society of Animal ... [PAR] Dec 22, 2014 ... The first part examines the question of domestication of the wolf during the ... 
diversity and relative isolation of hunter-gather cultures from the same period (
Djindjian et al., 1999). .... Overall, data from the Mesolithic and Neolithic period in 
Europe ... They were slender animals whose leg bones presented no... [DOC] [TLE] Introduction - Plos - Public Library of Science [PAR] Direct radiocarbon dating of a suite of the region's dog remains indicates that ... 
dogs and wolves because these animals had attained near-human status, ... BP 
Human Burials Dog Burials Angara/South Baikal Dog Burials Priol'khon'e 
Mesolithic ... burial trends by culture history period are indicated in the right two 
columns. [DOC] [TLE] Man's best friend  mammoth's worst enemy? A speculative essay ... [PAR] Recent genetic studies indicate that the wolf ancestors of New World dogs ... In 
this article, I review the sparse archaeological record of the earliest domesticated 
dogs ... Three of these dog remains were found in the Paleoindian zone (Period I)
, ... she cautioned that only direct dating of the Fell's Cave bones could preclude... [DOC] [TLE] Mitochondrial DNA from Prehistoric Canids Highlights Relationships ... [PAR] Aug 24, 2005 ... The dog (Canis familiaris L.), considered the first domestic animal, ... Remains of 
smaller dogs from Mesolithic (Natufian) cave deposits in ... years age for wolf-
coyote divergence (Kurtn and Anderson 1980), ... Specimens and Radiocarbon 
Dating ... Bone powder aliquots were washed overnight in 0.5 M... [DOC] [TLE] Fig. 1. Location of the Muge Mesolithic shell-middens ... [PAR] They

Question: Bones dating from Mesolithic times indicate that this wolf relative was the first domesticated animal
Answer: the dog