Found this excellent article the other day, and decided to post it in honor of my awesome dogs, and the whole dog nation...
Until recently, dog domestication was thought to have started with the emergence of agriculture. The birth of agriculture created a new niche for dogs – one suitable for scavengers on a source of dependable, stationary food – human refuse. Wild canines that were bold enough to capitalise on this new niche – to interact with the humans there – became “proto-dogs”. These proto-dogs were domesticated over time as humans capitalised on their presence for other purposes – protection, hunting, and even as another source of protein.
via www.scilogs.com
