We have archeological evidence for the comradeship dating back about 14000 years. This is a dog burial in Germany, where one was laid to rest with a human. Another, just a dog burial, lies in the wilds of North America at about 11000 years. So speculation places dog/human interaction at about 35000 years ago. This will probably be moved back as the archeological record is never complete and always adjusting itself as new finds are discovered.
Homo-Sapiens have been be-bopping about for about a quarter of a million years, it seems hard to believe that at some point in that long journey some hairy dude was sitting on a rock gnawing on a rabbit leg, looking at a smattering of wild dogs and resisted the urge to toss the dog a bone.
But whoever did that, whenever they did it. Thank you!
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A lot of researchers believe that dogs initiated the contact - they domesticated themselves. The braver ones got closer to the humans. The dogs got to scavenge the human's scraps and the humans got sentries with sharp senses.
Philo, I don't doubt that at all. Dogs trailing the camps picking up the left overs.
It probably happened in multiple places, wholly unrelated, time and time again. Heck, I have a raccoon that comes up to my door every night looking for scraps. He's gotten to wear if I open the door and slide the food out really slowly he doesn't even run away (I discovered he doesn't like brussel sprouts).
Dogs would have been much the same way I suspect.
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