2006-07-29 21:44:16 · 12 answers · asked by Ankur 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Probably the earliest known domestic animal has been the dog, likely as early as 15000 BC among hunter-gatherers in several locations.
Ancestry and history of domestication
Main article: Origin of the domestic dog
This ancient mosaic, likely Roman, shows a large dog with a collar hunting a lion.Molecular systematics indicate that the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) descends from one or more populations of wild wolves (Canis lupus). As reflected in the nomenclature, dogs are descended from the wolf and are thus able to interbreed with wolves.
The relationship between human and canine has deep roots. Wolf remains have been found in association with hominid remains dating from 400,000 years ago. Converging archaeological and genetic evidence indicate a time of domestication in the late Upper Paleolithic close to the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary, between 17,000 and 14,000 years ago. Fossil bone morphologies and genetic analysis of current and ancient dog and wolf populations have not yet been able to conclusively determine whether all dogs descend from a single domestication event, or whether dogs were domesticated independently in more than one location. Domesticated dogs may have interbred with local populations of wild wolves on several occasions (so-called introgression).
2006-07-29 23:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine that dogs were the first pets. Humans domesticated wolves, and dogs evolved from them.
2006-07-29 21:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None because people from the past dont know how to take care of their pets imagine that animal it looks (Thin,Smells bad, Weak )and the animals from the past are very aggressive when you touch them maybe they will growl on you or make you their snack !!!!!!! = ( ( c " ) ) ( Munch Munch Munch )
2006-07-29 22:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by ssaddssd a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there might have been a chance that pigs were the first pets of humans. :)
2006-07-29 21:49:29 · answer #4 · answered by yawmee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably dogs which were domesticated for hunting, or cats which were domesticated to keep the grain stores free of mice and rats.
2006-07-29 21:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by The Man In The Box 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snake? Monkey?
2006-07-29 21:58:19 · answer #6 · answered by pepz_fansclub 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive it was cats back in ancient egypt...ps Im a dog person
2006-07-29 21:48:48 · answer #7 · answered by Roxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I bet it tasted like chicken.
2006-07-29 21:49:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would guess wolves that later became dogs
2006-07-29 21:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by Kevin E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rats
2006-07-29 22:16:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋