The Domestication Of Dogs

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There are many versions of the domestication of the dog can really make an encyclopedia on this subject. Of these the most popular versions it is that the wild dog (was a wolf, a dog or something) came to the camp of the man of the Stone Age with the incentive to consume the remains. Then, as if by osmosis, it was integrated into the lives of these men hunters eventually taking care of their properties. But this logic is so full of faults that can only be accepted as a glorification both of our own species and the dog.

Archaeology presents evidence for the association of the human species with canines from at least four thousand years BC While accepting that our world is civilized, there is no way we can accept that in those days it was. This

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