How Dogs Became Our Best Friends (ft. MinuteEarth!)
Are you more of a cat person? Follow me to MinuteEarth to discover the origin of our feline friends! https://youtu.be/LWB0-tGwb_E ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Of all the...
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[PBS BUMPER]There’s about 7.4 billion people on Earth today...and over 200 million dogs.So exactly where, when, and why did warm-hearted wolves join our pack?And who trained who?[OPEN]So…Cat person?Or dog person?Me?I’m totally impartial.No matter where you sit – siiiiiiit, it’s plain to see that the histories of dogs andhumans are intertwined… maybe like no other two species.If we take domestication out of the human equation, it’s estimated just 1 or 2 millionof us would be around today.And of all those animal alliances, our relationship with dogs is the oldest.But figuring out why, where, and when domestic dogs first originated is still a bone of contention.Why?Is the easiest to answer.Every continent is home to wild canids – like Africa’s painted dogs ...
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[PBS BUMPER]There’s about 7.4 billion people on Earth today...and over 200 million dogs.So exactly where, when, and why did warm-hearted wolves join our pack?And who trained who?[OPEN]So…Cat person?Or dog person?Me?I’m totally impartial.No matter where you sit – siiiiiiit, it’s plain to see that the histories of dogs andhumans are intertwined… maybe like no other two species.If we take domestication out of the human equation, it’s estimated just 1 or 2 millionof us would be around today.And of all those animal alliances, our relationship with dogs is the oldest.But figuring out why, where, and when domestic dogs first originated is still a bone of contention.Why?Is the easiest to answer.Every continent is home to wild canids – like Africa’s painted dogs ...
