According to legends and legends, dogs were first domesticated in Asia. There is a Greek relief of Hercules, in which the Greek deity the three-headed dog Cerberus holds a rope around his neck amidst mysterious flames. But when was the wolf tamed? When did a dog first become a loyal friend to man? We will explain this.
In ancient Greek mythology, Hercules captures Cerberus (based on a 16th century German inscription), the three-headed dog who guards the gates to the underworld. Such legends can shed light on the history of dog domestication.
In Tom Edison’s short story Shaggy Dog, discover that a dog Intellectually superior beings.
In fact, they are so smart that they have found the easiest possible way to survive: loving themselves for people.
When Edison confronted his dog about this revelation, the dog said, “Look, Mr. Edison. Why don’t you keep quiet about it? This has worked to please everyone for hundreds of thousands of years. Don’t wake the sleeping lion.”
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This long-standing friendship between species is the subject of intense scientific research, although where, when, and why it began remains unclear. Scientists had to rely on archaeological and genetic evidence to find out.
However, the similarities between wolves and early domesticated dogs make it difficult for researchers to distinguish between them, as wolves were domesticated according to science.
The prevalence of ancient myths identifying dogs as guides to the afterlife indicates that our ancestors did not initially domesticate wolves as hunting partners, as is commonly believed, but for spiritual and symbolic reasons. This hypothesis is consistent with some archaeological finds, for example, there is a 14,000-year-old tomb in Germany that contains a couple and two dogs. This means that 14,000 years ago, the dog was man’s best friend.
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