We all know that dogs evolved from wolves, so who are the ancestors of wolves?

We all say that dogs evolved from wolves, so why do the cunning, ** and even notorious wolves in the impression become the loyal, cute and cute dogs around us? Let's take a look:

There is evidence that the Middle East and Southwest Asia are the main areas for dog breeding, and fossilized bones of wild wolves have been found in many places in both regions at least 10,000 years ago, and these wild wolves are all evolutionary products, and it can be seen from these products that they are most likely descendants of the Indian plains wolf, which has been extinct for a long time and is generally considered by experts to be the earliest ancestor of many modern pet dog breeds.

Humans raised wild wolves as guards, so why did humans raise wild wolves at that time? The reason can be very simple and natural, that is, human beings want to have a companion. Paleolithic humans may have hunted wild wolves and brought them back from their burrows to raise them.

You can also see from today's animal world that some predators kill adult prey, but do not kill their children or even raise them).

The wolves were brought back to be raised, and the semi-domesticated wolves were able to continue to live with humans and reproduce the next generation, producing offspring that were more tame from generation to generation. After a considerable period of time, domesticated wolves became more and more accustomed to and preferred to live with humans. And in this process, humans found that the offspring born by the mating of howling wolves can make invading howls at night, and humans think that this is a way to help them improve their security strength, so they use these "wolves" as guards, so the first guard dogs were produced, isn't it interesting?

Actively select breeding, create a gene pool Human beings are not satisfied with the use of wolves as guards, and want to use semi-domesticated wild wolves to accompany humans in hunting activities (humans are so smart), with the experience of "guard dogs", human beings want to continue to take the way of active selection and breeding, to achieve their own goals. In the process of accompanying hunting, humans gradually discovered some breeds that were skilled in hunting and willing to accompany humans, and then let these breeds mate to produce offspring, and the offspring tracking technology they produced was very powerful, and the process of transforming from wild wolves to hunting dogs was carried out step by step. (Suddenly realized).

According to the data, there is no breed of domestic dog that can be traced back to a specific breed of wild wolves in ancient times, but there are quite a few varieties of wild wolves from the Americas, Europe, Central Asia, and the Far East in terms of size and fur, and the gene pool created is enough to develop the wide variety of dogs today.

Later, with the increase of functions required by humans and the "development" of dogs, different breeds and even functions of dogs were produced, which was also the result of human choice. For example, dachshunds with short legs and long bodies are there to burrow into the ground, sled dogs are to pull goods, and shepherd dogs are to help humans manage sheep breeding.

Guys, do you think it's possible to develop a dog that's more funny than funny?

Dogs evolved from wolves. Scientists believe that dogs were domesticated from gray wolves by early humans and were domesticated 40,000 years ago. Dogs belong to the phylum Chordates, Subphylum Vertebrates, Mammalia, Euzoa, Carnivora, Schizopodae, and Canidae.

Also known as "dog" in Chinese, dogs are found all over the world. Dogs, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens are called the "six animals".

Dogs evolved from wolves. Scientists believe that dogs were domesticated from gray wolves by early humans and were domesticated 40,000 years ago. Dogs belong to the phylum Chordates, Subphylum Vertebrates, Mammalia, Euzoa, Carnivora, Schizopodae, and Canidae.

Also known as "dog" in Chinese, dogs are found all over the world. Dogs, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens are called the "six animals".

Using DNA to find the ancestors of dogs Most scientists agree that dogs evolved from wolves. A long time ago, the ancients began to domesticate wild wolves, and gradually, the wolves that followed the lives of people faded into their ** nature and became empathetic animals - dogs.

The biological origin of dogs can be traced back to tens of millions of years ago, and the history of dog domestication is about 15,000 years ago in the Mesolithic Age, and some scientists even argue from the perspective of genetics that dogs may have been domesticated by humans as early as 100,000 years ago.

The first humans deciphered a dog's genome was in 2005 – even before researchers used genetic tools to trace the earliest homes of dogs. Early studies have identified a high degree of genetic diversity in dogs in East Asia, and other key markers in many rural dog populations, leading them to point to East Asia as the earliest place where dogs were domesticated by humans.

The ancestor of the dog was the wolf.

Dogs are bred and domesticated by wolves for more than 10,000 years, and although they have been domesticated and raised for a long time, they still retain the habits of primitive wolves in their nature.

Nowadays, some dogs still retain the habits of wolves, such as leaving their own scent to divide territory, bury food, etc., but they are already very docile and loyal to humans by humans, and some breeds are not aggressive.

Difference Between Dog and Wolf

1. Physical differences

Although dogs and wolves have the same number and location of teeth, wolves have larger and stronger teeth. The reason may be because wolves need to hunt in the wild for things like bitten bones, but dogs' teeth have evolved to be more like scavengers of human garbage.

Compared to wolves, dogs have rounder faces and larger eyes. They also evolved floppy ears and curly tails. But the tail of a wolf is pointed, longer than that of a dog, and sickle-shaped.

2. The dependence on human beings is different

Without the help of humans, dogs can barely survive in the wild. Although there are some wild dogs, they usually don't do well because their genes have been domesticated to the point where it is almost difficult to survive fully in the wild.

3. Wolves mature faster than dogs

This makes sense, as the young wolf must mature as quickly as possible to survive in the wild, while the domestic puppy does not need to worry about survival, and the latter enjoy an easier life.

The ancestor of the dog was the wolf.

The ancestor of the dog is the wolf, although after more than 10,000 years of breeding and domestication, but in its genes, there are still many primitive wolf habits, and the social nature of the pack is one of them. Wolves are social animals, they usually live in groups of seven or eight, and they hunt by gathering and hunting, and each wolf has a different class status in the group.

Zoologists are accustomed to referring to the leader of the pack as the alpha wolf, and the distribution of food, the settlement of disputes, and even the reproduction of offspring depend on it. The rest of the wolves are also content with their position in the group and obey the leadership of the alpha wolf, which is the wolf society.

And what about dogs? Although the dogs have evolved over a long period of time, they have retained the nature of these wolves, but the object of living in groups has expanded from their own kind to those who keep them. At home, the dog treats each family member as part of the group, lives with us, plays with us, hunts (goes out for a walk).

During the time we have lived with humans, the sensitive dog has unconsciously made it home for us.

The ancestors of dogs are East Asian wolves: Scientists who analyzed the DNA of hundreds of dogs from Europe, Asia, Africa and North America found that all dogs in the world have similar genetic sequences, so they concluded that all domestic dogs in the world evolved from East Asian wolves about 10,000 years ago. The ancestors of these dogs and the earliest settlers of the Americas crossed Asia and Europe together through the Bering Strait to reach the Americas.