Have you ever wondered about the history of our furry friends who are used to living with in your home, garden or street? How were they first discovered? When did..
Paleontologists and archaeologists have determined that a small weasel-like mammal lived in Asia about 60 million years ago. This animal, called Miacis or Canidste, is thought to be the ancestor of the dog, jackal, wolf and fox. Although Miacis did not leave direct descendants, a dog-like breed evolved from him. It is assumed that this evolution took place about 30 to 40 million years ago, when Cynodictis was formed. This breed became a tall (1.5 meters) animal with a long tail, a large shaggy hide. This breed has completed its development in two different regions, in the African and Eurasian regions. In the Eurasian region, Tomarctus pioneered the wolf, dog and fox breed.
Mammalian animals called Canids, which belong to the Canidae family, are called dogs. There are 36 known species belonging to this family. These species include wolves, foxes, jackals and other family members. Dog breeds found throughout the world can be classified as long-mouthed, bush-tailed, erect-tailed, slender long-legged and trainable breeds.
There are still issues that have not been clarified in this regard. For this reason, we wanted to transfer the information from the different sources that we have compiled in our article.
According to one data, there is strong genetic evidence that the domestication of dogs occurred somewhere in Central Asia 15,000 years ago.
Another result of genetic studies is that wolves were domesticated for herding in China 16,300 years ago.
Along with all this, another genetic study is that the first domestication of dogs began in Europe about 18,800 to 32,100 years ago, and the first genetic studies dating back 12 to 14 thousand years ago took into account a small species.
There are also some suggestions that the first domestication was actually voluntary. Scientists say that wolves approach people’s campsites to clean up food leftovers. Over time, they make it a habit and start traveling with nomadic people. This behavior, on the other hand, was the evolution of natural selection to become domesticated.
Brooklyn College English Professor Katherine M. In the book “The First Friend”, written by Rogers, she points out that women may have been the first people to tame these wolves. Russian researcher Dmitry K. According to Belyaev’s experience, which began in the late 1950s and lasted for 40 years; it takes 6 to 8 generations to tame a dog.
It is now scientifically accepted that there is a bond between humans and dogs. Dec. There are even scientific results that support this connection. When people look at each other, they Tue emotionally and a hormone called oxytocin is released. In the research carried out, it has been revealed that when dogs and humans look at each other, the same hormone is secreted in both humans and dogs.
It is believed that there are more than 400 breeds of dogs, which are also said to be descended from the gray wolf. While the evolution of dogs is not known for sure, it is certain that the first dogs were hunters with sharp eyesight and very good sense of smell. By developing these abilities, people began to use them according to their needs, giving birth to different breeds with different mating.
Yes, when you say dog, everyone thinks of furry friends of different types and sizes. It is even difficult to imagine that a Great Dane and a tiny Poodle are of the same breed. However, come and see that they have genetically the same anatomical features. All dogs have 78 chromosomes or 39 pairs of chromosomes. In these people there are 23 pairs. One member of each couple comes from each parent.
After the domestication process, dogs got a different place for people. In some areas they were used as shepherd dogs, in some places as guard dogs. Most often they became friends of hunters and good helpers. As we get closer to the present, it seems that they are the closest friends, loyal and obedient friends.
These smart and loyal friends of today are serious business partners of visually impaired, disabled people, policemen and bomb experts. Their high sense of smell and emotional feelings, their protective instincts combined with their intelligence create wonders.
Dogs have different statuses in different parts of the world. Loyalty, friendship, protection and compassion have caused them to gain an important place in Western society as well. In the United States and Europe, dog care and nutrition is treated as a separate sector that has become a business worth billions of dollars. In Western civilizations, the relationship between man and dog is of great importance Dec. However, it cannot be said that this value is given to dogs in some developing countries and in some regions of Asia.
Dogs, which today have rights and freedoms in many countries, have the same rights as other pets. However, in many countries, dogs do not have any value and are even known as animals whose meat is eaten in the countries of the Far East.
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