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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.


61 posted on 05/22/2015 7:35:36 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

If the shoe was on the other paw, we’d not do as well as him.

;D


62 posted on 05/22/2015 7:38:17 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: blam

Great looking dogs. You’re a lucky man.


63 posted on 05/23/2015 12:11:39 AM PDT by Natufian (t)
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To: beebuster2000
Bow-woooooo, werewolves of the Pleistocene...

64 posted on 05/23/2015 5:15:37 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Billthedrill

You mean can openers and CANDY WRAPPERS don’t you?


65 posted on 05/29/2015 8:33:55 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: OK Sun

Interesting event at the ‘trifurcation’. Bifurcations make sense, but what would be the environmental or genetic driver behind a trifurcation?


66 posted on 05/30/2015 6:18:17 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: cripplecreek

The Welsh; what can’t they do?


67 posted on 05/30/2015 6:21:07 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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