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The Big Search to Find Out Where Dogs Come From
NY Times ^
| January 18, 2016
| James Gorman
Posted on 01/20/2016 7:14:50 AM PST by C19fan
Before humans milked cows, herded goats or raised hogs, before they invented agriculture, or written language, before they had permanent homes, and most certainly before they had cats, they had dogs.
Or dogs had them, depending on how you view the human-canine arrangement. But scientists are still debating exactly when and where the ancient bond originated. And a large new study being run out of the University of Oxford here, with collaborators around the world, may soon provide some answers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; dog; dogs; domestication; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers; wolves
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To: justlittleoleme
"Man has always been in dominion over all other life on earth."
Except cats, of course....
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posted on
01/20/2016 7:54:29 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: eCSMaster
“every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
“Liberals?”
He said creep, not slither. Oh, wait, were you thinking of cockroaches?
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posted on
01/20/2016 7:57:37 AM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
To: C19fan
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posted on
01/20/2016 7:59:42 AM PST
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: C19fan
Dogs and Humans together create a meta-organism - a creature more powerful and smarter than either of them alone. With dogs, you can hunt successfully.
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posted on
01/20/2016 8:00:09 AM PST
by
olepap
(Your old Pappy)
To: RoosterRedux
Also, the stupid sissy boys at the New York Times did not even mention the modern American Coyote/Wolf/Dog hybrid - a modern hybridized dog that is extremely intelligent and is found all across America.
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01/20/2016 8:02:59 AM PST
by
olepap
(Your old Pappy)
To: ken5050
It’s more brain size/body size ratio that’s more important.
Otherwise Whales would be smarter than humans.
To: C19fan
They come from their mothers. Can I get a big government grant? I want to find out if that little light in the fridge really does go out when you shut the door.
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posted on
01/20/2016 8:17:20 AM PST
by
jmacusa
("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
To: C19fan
The original alarm system.
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posted on
01/20/2016 8:19:45 AM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: eCSMaster
Liberals are lower than that.
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posted on
01/20/2016 8:20:20 AM PST
by
OLDCU
To: C19fan
Mystery solved: Craigslist
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posted on
01/20/2016 8:40:26 AM PST
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Note: this topic is from 01/20/2016. Thanks C19fan.
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posted on
06/05/2016 4:35:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/05/2016 4:44:26 PM PDT
by
IM2MAD
(IM2MAD=Individual Motivated 2 Make A Difference)
To: C19fan
Dogs ARE Mankind’s closest friend. Horses and camels and cats come next in that order.
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06/05/2016 5:58:58 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the New World Order since Barry Goldwater)
To: ZULU
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posted on
06/05/2016 6:09:39 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
To: eastforker
Camels are really good natured animals. But too many of themare kept in cultures where animals and women are regularly brutalized. Unlike the average woman, however, the average camel is fully capable of taking appropriate vengeance when opportunity allows.
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06/06/2016 4:44:02 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Donald Trump is the biggest threat to the New World Order since Barry Goldwater)
To: TexasRepublic
A liberal would need a fireman’s ladder to get within touching distance of a cockroache’s belly. and then only if s/he were 8 feet tall.
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06/06/2016 6:21:11 AM PDT
by
chesley
(The right to protest is not the right to disrupt.)
To: ZULU
Chickens. I love chickens so much that I could eat one right now.
And pigs; those cute little packages of bacon and ribs. I love them too.
On a serious note, I thought camels were extremely nasty beasties?
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06/06/2016 6:23:49 AM PDT
by
chesley
(The right to protest is not the right to disrupt.)
To: chesley
“On a serious note, I thought camels were extremely nasty beasties?”
Look on the bright side - most of the people that camels kick, bite or spit on are muslims.
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06/06/2016 10:25:31 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
To: justlittleoleme
Genesis 2:19 (KJV) “And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.”
I can visualize the event now. Adam: “What shall I call this friendly creature with the wagging tail? I will call it DOG”.
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06/06/2016 10:33:20 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
To: TexasRepublic
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06/06/2016 10:35:11 AM PDT
by
chesley
(The right to protest is not the right to disrupt.)
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