Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years, DNA study finds

UK Daily Mail ^ | December 15, 2015 | Staff

[C19fan]

Man's best friend came about after generations of wolves scavenged alongside humans more than 33,000 years ago in south east Asia, according to new research. Dogs became self-domesticated as they slowly evolved from wolves who joined humans in the hunt, according to the first study of dog genomes. And it shows that the first domesticated dogs came about 33,000 years ago and migrated to Europe, rather than descending from domesticated European wolves 10,000 years ago as had previously been thought.

[C19fan]

You wonder why your cat acts like it does. Most studies indicate cats were domesticated only 10,000 years ago. WOOF!

[Salamander]

Best deal we ever made.

[Black Agnes]

Yup.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years, DNA study finds

The number of dogs I like is much higher than the number of people I like.

[Sans-Culotte]

The number of dogs I like is much higher than the number of people I like.

Same here.

[CrazyIvan]

If you take in a poor sick starving dog, feed him heal him and help him prosper he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I am currently dog-less and I don’t like it one tiny little bit! (Problem will be solved come Spring, though. New Chocolate Lab puppy in the works!)

I only miss ONE of the various cats I’ve had along through the years, though. No more cats in the house. Ever!

[Does so]

Dog has been man's best friend for 33,000 years, DNA study finds

Such studies are always followed by more studies that "move the date back in time". (My guess it was about 100,000 years ago when "domestic dogs" started guarding the fort).

[Faith65]

Been posted many times here before but-

God made a dog...... :))))))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWHLdHroyQ

[ETL]

"The Daily Caller noted that in President Obama's best-selling memoir, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, the president recalls being fed dog meat as a young boy in Indonesia with his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.

"With Lolo, I learned how to eat small green chill peppers raw with dinner (plenty of rice), and, away from the dinner table, I was introduced to dog meat (tough), snake meat (tougher), and roasted grasshopper (crunchy)," the president wrote. "Like many Indonesians, Lolo followed a brand of Islam that could make room for the remnants of more ancient animist and Hindu faiths.

He explained that a man took on the powers of whatever he ate: One day soon, he promised, he would bring home a piece of tiger meat for us to share.""

http://abcnewsradioonline.com/politics-news/obama-ate-dog-meat-as-a-boy.html

[mdmathis6]

Just proof that God loves man and provided natural tools and animals easily domesticated to help us and even to be a comfort to us as well!

[r_barton]

33,000 years. How much is that in dog years? ;-)

[Ancesthntr]

Just proof that God loves man and provided natural tools and animals easily domesticated to help us and even to be a comfort to us as well!

I agree...but I believe Ben Franklin hit it on the head about His love for us: "Beer is proof of G-d's love for man."

Dogs are a (big) bonus.

[ETL]

"They do say that tinier is tastier"

[DNME]

The best theory I’ve ever heard about how dogs and humans learned to hunt together goes like this.

Dogs (read wolves) are great at running down large prey. They can chase and harry a bison, for example, nipping at its legs and generally exhausting the poor beast. Humans could never give chase like that.

But then, once the bison is worn down and cornered, moving in for the kill is the dangerous part. The bison still has horns and enough strength to fight back effectively. The dogs may win the contest but at no small risk.

The actual kill is where humans excel, with their spears and arrows, moving in to finish off the brute. So the dogs hang back and watch the carnage.

When all is said and done, the humans share the spoils with their 4-legged hunting partners and everybody is happy and safe. Except the bison, of course.

[left that other site]

And Now...

Some delicacies from the new White House Cookbook!

Schnauzer Schnitzel
Chow Chow Chow Mein
Poodles With Noodles
Germans Shepherds Pie
Labrador Thermador
Corgi Cordon-Bleu
Shitzu Kebab
Yorkshire Terrier Pudding
Lhasa Apso Al La King
Boston Terrier Cream Pie
Hound Hollandaise
Shitzu on a Shingle
Akitamaki
Great Danish Pastry
RataTerrierTuie
Collie Flower Casserole
Bijon Frissecassi
Malamute marinara
Bourbonaise Bouillabaisse
Weiners

And for those who love Rescue Dogs...Pound Cake.

[ETL]

Lol! If Obama ever opens up a restaurant, he should hire you to name the dishes! :)

[left that other site]

Well...the menu design would be interesting!

[mountn man]

Lol! If Obama ever opens up a restaurant, he should hire you to name the dishes! :)

If Obama opened up a restaurant, no matter what he made, it would still be Sh!t On A Sh!ngle

[ETL]

Bear Grylls reveals how Obama ate raw salmon and discussed drinking urine

Daily Mail ^ | 12/14/15 | Snejana Farberov

"They shared tea brewed from berries, ate bear-gnawed bloody salmon, talked about drinking urine and discussed climate change"