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Dogs have been man's best friend 'for 40,000 years'
UK Telegraph ^
| May 21, 2015
| Staff
Posted on 05/21/2015 10:15:08 AM PDT by C19fan
Dogs have been man's best friend for up to 40,000 years, suggests new research. The study shows dogs' special relationship with humans might date back 27,000 to 40,000 years. The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, come from genomic analysis of an ancient Taimyr wolf bone.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; dietandcuisine; dog; doggieping; dogs; domestication; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers; wolves
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To: Salamander
LOL! Good point. I have to say, though, that my lab is quite good at sign language. And if all else fails, he just stares at me while I run through a list of words he knows. We I come across the right one, he lets me know.
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05/22/2015 7:35:36 PM PDT
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The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
If the shoe was on the other paw, we’d not do as well as him.
;D
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05/22/2015 7:38:17 PM PDT
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Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
To: blam
Great looking dogs. You’re a lucky man.
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05/23/2015 12:11:39 AM PDT
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Natufian
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To: beebuster2000
Bow-woooooo, werewolves of the Pleistocene...
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05/23/2015 5:15:37 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Billthedrill
You mean can openers and CANDY WRAPPERS don’t you?
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05/29/2015 8:33:55 PM PDT
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5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: OK Sun
Interesting event at the ‘trifurcation’. Bifurcations make sense, but what would be the environmental or genetic driver behind a trifurcation?
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05/30/2015 6:18:17 AM PDT
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: cripplecreek
The Welsh; what can’t they do?
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05/30/2015 6:21:07 AM PDT
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
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