How Humans and Dogs Evolved Together

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    This video looks into the journey that humans and dogs have taken together and how it has shaped both parties.
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  • @andrewheffel3565
    @andrewheffel3565 Před 4 lety +1460

    Dog good. Help hunt. Guard camp. Pull sled. Loyal friend.

    • @thedawg2510
      @thedawg2510 Před 4 lety +23

      Exactly

    • @paulcharpentier7095
      @paulcharpentier7095 Před 4 lety +69

      Hard to believe that after all they have done for us there are people that still eat them

    • @elperronimo
      @elperronimo Před 4 lety +95

      @@paulcharpentier7095 calling them people is a stretch

    • @revolutionarygoose4665
      @revolutionarygoose4665 Před 4 lety +45

      @@paulcharpentier7095 Yep, dogs were made to be companions (Asides from those chiahuahas that were bred for food, but moving on), humans evolved to feel just as much empathy for a dog as they feel for a human, which would explain why some people rather save dogs than humans. We also feel for other animals, just not as much that we do for domestic ones. Cows, pigs, chickens evolved to also be domesticated, but due to the different reasons they evolved to become food we dont feel so bad about killing them, but again, we didnt evolve pets to be eaten, which makes me think what the fuck goes on in the brain of someone who does eat them.
      I have no idea what i just said, but, ehem, dis don matter

    • @incanusolorin2607
      @incanusolorin2607 Před 4 lety +8

      Revolutionary Goose Are you stupid? No one eat their pets. The dogs eaten in some parts of Asia are bred for that specific porpoise. It’s also exclusively cultural, not biological, what animals you think are okay to eat.

  • @pac1fic055
    @pac1fic055 Před 4 lety +3312

    Man’s best friend is also his oldest friend.

    • @theraginginfernape9496
      @theraginginfernape9496 Před 4 lety +80

      That's probably where it came from

    • @momo1461
      @momo1461 Před 4 lety +36

      Technically speaking, we domesticated goats much earlier than dogs.

    • @emilek5141
      @emilek5141 Před 4 lety +25

      and only friend

    • @lycaonpictus9662
      @lycaonpictus9662 Před 4 lety +127

      @@momo1461 How so?
      Goats are believed to have been domesticated around 10,000 years ago. The first undisputed remains of a domestic dog are 14,200 years old and there are other remains of disputed origins (whether wild animal or dog is not as clear) that are between 20,000 and 36,000 years old.
      Dogs are a by a wide margin there first animal to be domesticated by humans.

    • @momo1461
      @momo1461 Před 4 lety +4

      @@lycaonpictus9662 We humans domesticated goats in the early Mesozoic era... tap dancing and slavery too.
      The Bible says we're only 5000 years old... what about that, huh? Yeah, eh!! What about that?!

  • @aaa-ge4ge
    @aaa-ge4ge Před 3 lety +914

    "For example, they can reliably respond to pointing gestures"
    My dog when I point somewhere: *looks at my hand*

    • @citrusblast4372
      @citrusblast4372 Před 3 lety +89

      Every fucking time

    • @baalsbastards6341
      @baalsbastards6341 Před 3 lety +30

      Try pointing with your chin...

    • @Darkshaflodi
      @Darkshaflodi Před 3 lety +42

      haha I have two dogs, and one of them understands pointing perfectly, but the other doesn't at all… weird

    • @yagottapaythetrolltoll3127
      @yagottapaythetrolltoll3127 Před 3 lety +94

      my dog will do that, but eventually she'll glance over at what I'm pointing at. But most of the time, she'll immediately look back at me like "okay? The fuck you want from me?"

    • @baalsbastards6341
      @baalsbastards6341 Před 3 lety +13

      @@yagottapaythetrolltoll3127 sounds like you've raised a troll...

  • @cevinzeke5110
    @cevinzeke5110 Před 4 lety +3757

    You ever look at your dog after a hunt, walk or just while they are sitting there and realize how miraculous an entity they are? The kindness they show us and us to them is ancient. Dogs aren’t just our best friends, we are brothers and sisters. I’m buying my dog a steak tomorrow. She’s been earning it for thousands of years.

    • @Hazed64
      @Hazed64 Před 3 lety +224

      Yeah it's amazing there's no other animal on this planet that genuinely loves their owner as much as a dog,for other animals it's simply because you look after them but dogs even love owners who abuse them

    • @Xanderboof
      @Xanderboof Před 3 lety +123

      I know this was posted a year ago. But just a heads up if it’s a T-bone, I’ve noticed that the bone will break up into three parts, the upper T section, the lower T section, and then where the two parts join the lower part of the T will break off twice and it’ll make this square inch chunk of bone.
      I’ve had to reach down a couple different dog throats to stop them from choking, little dog and big. So just a heads up when giving your pooch another treat!

    • @saudasiri6019
      @saudasiri6019 Před 3 lety +25

      Hope she enjoyed that steak

    • @Amar90
      @Amar90 Před 3 lety +11

      Hahaha man I love this comment. Did she enjoy her stake?

    • @fudgenugget2690
      @fudgenugget2690 Před 3 lety +95

      Yea a few months ago it was snowing and I decided to take my dog rex out in the snow. It was his first time ever seeing snow as we live in Texas and rarely ever get any. Me and him ran through the woods and the snow and had lots of fun. Then I raced him out of the woods into a giant field, he won obviously I didn't stand a chance especially in the snow lol. And for a second both of us just sat there taking a breather and I looked at him just sitting there taking in all the snow and truly realized how amazing he was. I don't really have the words to explain the feeling and realization I had, but it was a moment I would never forget. A few days later the Texas blackout happened and are power was out and we had to leave and go to my old house(I have two houses because we moved to a new, bigger and better house but we never sold the old one) which still had power but no running water. It was a difficult trip there and an experience I had never expected but I remember laying in my old house while there was freezing cold blizzard outside and was thinking about how bad this whole thing was. In the middle of a blizzard with no running water and in the middle of a pandemic, the whole thing was just a mess. But then I looked down at Rex and realized it wasn't all that bad, if anything I was pretty lucky considering I still had power, a warm bed and I had Rex. Even though the hardest of times dogs will always be there for you, they will always love you no matter how bad of a person you are, no matter what you look like, no matter if you're down and sad dogs will always be there for you. And that should make you feel very special to know that someone cares about you that much.

  • @SunniLeBoeuf
    @SunniLeBoeuf Před 4 lety +3644

    They have always been good bois

    • @stenh.6243
      @stenh.6243 Před 4 lety +94

      We don't deserve dogs.

    • @jakubpociecha8819
      @jakubpociecha8819 Před 4 lety +122

      @@stenh.6243 Dogs wouldn't be good bois without us tho

    • @cuervoramos
      @cuervoramos Před 4 lety +44

      @bryan diaz varela seeing as we're the only primates with domesticated dogs, I would assume that wouldn't have happened

    • @scott6832
      @scott6832 Před 4 lety +7

      @@cuervoramos seen baboons do it 🤔 pretty sure they're primates 😂🤣😂🤣

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 Před 4 lety +33

      The goodest bois

  • @hitindahead
    @hitindahead Před 4 lety +1380

    Life just wouldn’t be complete without our doggie friends. They’re the best.

    • @bigdawgfrm4108
      @bigdawgfrm4108 Před 3 lety +19

      Facts a cat would never

    • @rottdogg8926
      @rottdogg8926 Před 3 lety +17

      You may not even be aware just how right you are. Archaeological evidence suggests that dog domestication occurred just before the birth of civilization. Meaning we have no idea how far or fast civilization would have occurred without our K9 friends. They freed up leisure time that previously didn't exist that allowed mankind to begin thinking of ways to build civilizations. So in some way we can thank dogs for modern civilization.

    • @tetrisboi7731
      @tetrisboi7731 Před 3 lety +1

      Dogs and Cats too ^^

    • @hamster2644
      @hamster2644 Před 3 lety +18

      @@tetrisboi7731 bruh i honestly don't even know why cats were domesticated. They are borderline useless and mostly selfish. The only thing that they can be good at is catching mice but you can train a dog to do that too

    • @fizziz_1035
      @fizziz_1035 Před 3 lety +1

      .

  • @GreenFors
    @GreenFors Před 4 lety +1582

    Let's just all sit down and appreciate how much subtle editing there is in these vids. Like how the pictures will zoom in slowly all the time, and how sometime how there will often be multiple layers that zoom at different speeds creating a sense of depth that really bring things to life.

    • @misterbearmore4633
      @misterbearmore4633 Před 4 lety +16

      Top-notch editing, indeed.

    • @vegangelo_29
      @vegangelo_29 Před 4 lety +5

      I agree. I wonder if there is a reliable playstore app that can be used to edit videos like his. I really love it and I wanna use such type of editing for my pre-recorded online lessons.

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut Před 4 lety +3

      agreed, it is a fine video … I hadn't thought too much about the zooming technique for making those still images "come alive," but now that you mention it, it reminds me … HOW MANY TIMES did the video go back to the SAME drawing of those two guys standing in the field with the huskies ? about 8? are there no other images available ? Edit: 5 ?, using two different back rounds, but a LOT of GREAT GRAPHICS …. WAY better than I would have the skill or patience to make. Cheers !

    • @oskarkarrera
      @oskarkarrera Před 4 lety

      Moving images.?.

    • @vegangelo_29
      @vegangelo_29 Před 4 lety +1

      @@aznmarty256 wow. Never knew it. Thank you so much. 👏❤🙂

  • @k9cobra728
    @k9cobra728 Před 4 lety +462

    So dogs have been humanity's oldest, friendliest, and best ally

    • @raionshishi8290
      @raionshishi8290 Před 4 lety +13

      Yes

    • @anonb4632
      @anonb4632 Před 3 lety +3

      Not always friendly.

    • @azariah_kyras
      @azariah_kyras Před 3 lety +27

      @Baldhina Asnake there's good and bad things we and them do as a species.
      It's good to acknowledge the pros and cons.
      But still dogs and us have helped eachother for centuries and I think they've earned the right to be called man's best freind.

    • @juicej9778
      @juicej9778 Před 3 lety +5

      @Baldhina Asnake and how much people kill each other a year?

    • @juicej9778
      @juicej9778 Před 3 lety +6

      @Baldhina Asnake than why we judgin literal descendents of wild animals for killin people... Their wild animals .. They deadass kill to survive

  • @guardyangel
    @guardyangel Před 4 lety +332

    Having a dog to share my life with, i can indeed say that he is the best company a man can have. He just reads me like a book and i read him. We complement each other's lifes. Love you Crumble.

  • @nickcigic8927
    @nickcigic8927 Před 4 lety +2130

    Proto dogs: non-territorial endurance hunters with floofy ears
    Early humans: non-territorial endurance hunters with dexterous fingers
    ...Did we just become best friends!?

    • @RemoteViewr1
      @RemoteViewr1 Před 4 lety +274

      Two ears, two hands. A coincidence? I think not.

    • @nickcigic8927
      @nickcigic8927 Před 4 lety +78

      @@RemoteViewr1 having tried to pet 2 dogs at once, definitely not a coincidence!

    • @Gogglesofkrome
      @Gogglesofkrome Před 4 lety +183

      @Silviu Florin humans are definitely territorial. Anyone who says otherwise can simply look at the behavior of tribes in africa, the constant native warfare between ancient american tribes, the wars between the proto-european tribes, and so on.

    • @mrniceguy7168
      @mrniceguy7168 Před 4 lety +39

      Silviu Florin Thanks for sucking the humor out of the comment.

    • @Texan.Insomniac
      @Texan.Insomniac Před 4 lety +36

      @@cristianorozco6226
      What?

  • @AverageAlien
    @AverageAlien Před 4 lety +1105

    Fun fact: dogs love humans more than they love other dogs

    • @TheRealCabe
      @TheRealCabe Před 3 lety +615

      Fun fact 2: many humans love dogs more than they love other humans.

    • @monk9948
      @monk9948 Před 3 lety +114

      @@TheRealCabe Fucking true.

    • @olo819
      @olo819 Před 3 lety +35

      @@TheRealCabe I woudn't called it "fun". It's more like, pathologic.

    • @dougmawer5205
      @dougmawer5205 Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheRealCabe Na not true.

    • @corneliusmcmuffin3256
      @corneliusmcmuffin3256 Před 3 lety +69

      @@dougmawer5205it’s very easy to hate huge groups of people for what ever reason, but in general there is very few dogs I could possibly hate, if anything it’s their owners that I hate more. So to be honest on average I like dogs more than people.

  • @steviereedeker3314
    @steviereedeker3314 Před 2 lety +83

    I believe that the main reason why we start keeping dogs around are : their understanding of team work , their strong points that where our weak points like smell and hearing , and the protection they offered , their ability to comunicate with humans better than most other animals and of course those big puppy eyes that Fools our brain that its a baby.

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 Před rokem +20

      That big puppy eyes of Dogs evolved because of Humans. Look at Wolves and Coyotes, their eyes aren't puppy eyes, they look terrifying sometimes. Wolf and other Wild Canids have expressionless eyes unlike domesticated Dogs.

    • @Sceptonic
      @Sceptonic Před rokem +5

      @@user-pakshibhithi10 neoteny

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před rokem +1

      You shallow idiot! Owning a dog is a character flaw! dogs are filthy, disease and bacteria ridden bags of crap! If your dog was given to someone else who would feed them, they would forget that you ever existed in a couple of days! dogs are humankind's worst curse! The world would be a much better place without dogs!

    • @daytonsaragosa6790
      @daytonsaragosa6790 Před rokem +10

      their sleep schedule is also different: dogs will bark at intruders which lets us sleep for longer periods, leaving us with better brain function and so on.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @hundejahre
    @hundejahre Před 4 lety +328

    Anyone else only get about 1/2 through the video before they had to go find their dogs and play with them a bit?

    • @rebjr5844
      @rebjr5844 Před 4 lety +21

      My Jack Russell Terriers are sitting on me while we watch together...We're going to hunt chipmunks together when this video is over

    • @Thundarr995
      @Thundarr995 Před 4 lety +13

      @@rebjr5844 Mine is a Jack Russell/Beagle. He dragged all his toys up on the couch and he's all stretched out sleeping on my legs. He got a rabbit last week. I don't really want him to do that,but that's what they do. I guess that rabbit just wasn't smart enough to stay away from my yard?So far he's caught 3 birds 3 mice a weasel and a rabbit. I kinda live near the city. That was the first weasel I've ever seen in my life.

    • @JT-de5jr
      @JT-de5jr Před 4 lety +5

      Tom Caffrey mine is a black lab and is passed out on my bed, and I need to go to sleep but I don’t want to wake him up so...

    • @jovanweismiller7114
      @jovanweismiller7114 Před 4 lety +1

      I thought about it it, but he doesn't like to be awakened unnecessarily any more than I do! LOL!

    • @planetdisco4821
      @planetdisco4821 Před 4 lety +3

      Lol yeah. I’ve just fed my doberman overlord and we’re putting on matching coats and going for a walk....

  • @mstalcup
    @mstalcup Před 4 lety +390

    The oxytocin component in the human-puppy interaction many of us are familiar with would have been a powerful motivator for people to spend time with camp wolf pups around 30,000 years ago. They have shaped us as we have shaped them.

    • @poorchristopher15
      @poorchristopher15 Před 4 lety +14

      Dogs take oxycotin?

    • @eanschaan9392
      @eanschaan9392 Před 4 lety +62

      @@poorchristopher15 Indeed, but the government doesn't want you to know that. The keep sending out the murder pigeons to kill all the people who carry word of the reality of puppies poppin' pills. You must hide. They are coming for me and they are coming for you next. The truth must survive.

    • @allanjohnson2119
      @allanjohnson2119 Před 3 lety +15

      I agree, Wolf pups found on a hunting trips or pups of wolves hanging around camps for scraps seems to me like the most logical path to domestication.

    • @literallyanangrymoose7717
      @literallyanangrymoose7717 Před 2 lety +5

      Indeed. Dogs have actually jacked themselves into our brains, in a way.

    • @hulilupteri.
      @hulilupteri. Před 2 lety +1

      Didn't he say that there was no substantial response to wolves??
      @5:06

  • @xostler
    @xostler Před 4 lety +115

    I also find it interesting that pre-farming humans and dogs shared a persistence hunting style.
    Just the fact that we decided to share that niche with dogs instead of out hunting them is so insane to me!

  • @anthonyberent4611
    @anthonyberent4611 Před 4 lety +300

    I wonder if the relationship started with cooperative hunting. Both wolves and humans are persistence hunters. The dog pack and the human tribe between them chase a herd to exhaustion. If it splits the dogs chase the escapees, if it stands its ground the humans throw things (spears or even stones).

    • @dwightstjohn6927
      @dwightstjohn6927 Před 4 lety +64

      IT wouldn't take dog packs long to figure out, especially with "buffalo jump" style hunting that being near humans meant lots and lots of guts and offal to get for free, and the humans doing to butchering!! and being too busy to try to chase off the dogs!!

    • @ChenkoTheDog
      @ChenkoTheDog Před 4 lety +31

      @@dwightstjohn6927 This is the plan the pigeons are using today

    • @Joao-ur7ey
      @Joao-ur7ey Před 4 lety +4

      Persistence hunting is a myth

    • @mejlaification
      @mejlaification Před 4 lety +39

      Both species hunted in groups and during the day. They couldn’t miss each other.

    • @princetchalla2441
      @princetchalla2441 Před 4 lety +32

      It wouldn’t be too far fetched for them to hunt together. There’s been a few instances more recently of humans hunting with other species (not just dogs) such as whalers hunting with orcas in an actual true story called the “Law of the tongue”.

  • @pagesegovia2026
    @pagesegovia2026 Před rokem +40

    My dogs have gotten me through my darkest days in life, probably as they've been doing for humanity for countless ages

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @MarkMasters...
    @MarkMasters... Před 3 lety +31

    To that person that had the patience 1000's of years ago to pet, hold and Love that First Dog....Thank You. Thank you. Thank you.🙏🐕

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @eaglebearer
    @eaglebearer Před 4 lety +273

    I was looking for something like this a couple weeks ago, so thank you for making this. Dogs are such an amazing part of human history and shows why they're mans best friend.

    • @jawbone78
      @jawbone78 Před 4 lety +21

      Truly. The expression doesn't just mean that a dog is a man's best friend (though my dog is my best friend); it means that dogs and humans are best friends as whole species. We have evolved to be perfect and steadfast allies. Probably our next closest friend, much much later to the party, would be horses. My personal pet theory (pun intended) is that humans, dogs, and horses teamed up to conquer the entire rest of the animal kingdom.

    • @Sceptonic
      @Sceptonic Před rokem +1

      @@jawbone78 and then the industrial revolution happened and horses are now relegated to entertainment or meat. Dogs have the advantage of being able to live with us, unlike a horse

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před rokem

      dogs are filthy, disease and bacteria ridden bags of crap! dogs are humankind's worst curse! The world would be a much better place without dogs!

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @amberpants771
    @amberpants771 Před 3 lety +38

    It’s so cool how people can have such a deep relationship with their dogs. My pupper and I are close and he knows what I’m thinking just as much as I know him.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @Nmethyltransferase
    @Nmethyltransferase Před 4 lety +306

    Human: "I have 15 copies of the AMY1 gene. I can eat _all_ the carbs!"
    Saluki: "Oh wow... Really? Go on, tell me more..."

    • @jacobscrackers98
      @jacobscrackers98 Před 4 lety +24

      I imagine the ancestors of the Salukis were given food that humans wouldn't eat.

    • @adambartlett114
      @adambartlett114 Před 4 lety +8

      Yet every saluki I've known did best on a predominantly meat & bone diet. Sure, they maybe slightly more able to eat such a poor nutritional diet but that does not mean that they all were originally fed garbage.
      Indeed, their original purpose was to provide meat for both parties. They are extremely good at catching small to medium prey. They were highly valued & fed a share of everything they caught.
      If their original people were so stupid as to feed them a very poor diet, the dogs wouldn't have been willing to share so easily. The reason they so happily handed over the prey was because they were well fed.
      Let me tell you, after having fed countless dogs a near infinite supply of meaty bones; you best not try to get between a hungry dog & their dinner. My dogs are well fed but even I know better than to try that stupidity.
      Like, a rescue I worked with a while ago, inhaled an entire rabbit she caught before I could shout to stop. It was all but gone in less than 10 seconds! It was a wild rabbit that happened to run by us while walking by. She was not even that big a dog.
      There's just no way that the initial salukis were not very well fed, especially if anyone expected they wouldn't just wolf it down but politely share it with the people.
      Also my understanding is that the salukis were typically owned only by the super wealthy.

    • @sealofapoorval7437
      @sealofapoorval7437 Před 4 lety +14

      @@adambartlett114 wow man you got really defensive there.

    • @joaosoares-rr5mj
      @joaosoares-rr5mj Před 4 lety +10

      @@adambartlett114 i'm sorry adam but... i can tell you something, if my dogs have something in their mouth, it doenst matte if it is food or not, if i tell them to drop it, they drop it... i'm not trying to judge your skills in raising your dogs and all but... i dont think your dogs "speack" for all dogs, i am literaly not afraid of puttig my hands inside my dogs mouth, no matter what they are chewing, because i know they wont bite me... i think you need to assert yourself as the alpha more...

    • @joaosoares-rr5mj
      @joaosoares-rr5mj Před 4 lety +4

      @@adambartlett114 my dad kinda has the same problem as you... sometimes (not recently, but in the past) 2 of my dogs would fight, they woud fight hard, and my dad was afraid of getting in the middle, he kept screaming at them and trying to separate them with a stick... however, when i came along, they would always stop figthing imediatly... they looked at me and were like "oh fuck" and would stop that bullshit and put their tails between their legs... the reason for that, was because i was not afraid of shoving myself in the middle of them, as my father was.

  • @Botanifiles
    @Botanifiles Před 4 lety +162

    I watched this while picking ticks off my dog while he licked my foot, co-evolution at its finest

    • @raionshishi8290
      @raionshishi8290 Před 4 lety +19

      The dogs saying thanks in one of the way it knows how to, liking the toes XD

    • @SofaKingShit
      @SofaKingShit Před 3 lety +10

      I watched this while wondering where the first moccasin got chewed to shreds and what the resulting prehistoric curse words were at 5 am on that ice age winter morning.

    • @bretthepler722
      @bretthepler722 Před 3 lety +3

      This is so cute I laughed. The bond is so cute.

    • @elizabeth2621
      @elizabeth2621 Před 3 lety +4

      Mine is under my chair hiding from thunder

    • @savary5050
      @savary5050 Před 3 lety +1

      fucking hate ticks

  • @sid2112
    @sid2112 Před 4 lety +72

    I have an ancient breed Caucasian Ovcharka. Her moments of perfect happiness is hunting with me. She can track large game and guards the camp with a vengeance, never wandering far off. Love my bear pup!

  • @TheFarmersFarmington
    @TheFarmersFarmington Před 4 lety +121

    Interesting how the first animal we domesticated was later the tool used to domesticate and manage other domestic animals (cattle and sheep). Also would explain partially why spitz type dogs and herding breeds seem to be the most intelligent.

    • @KRYMauL
      @KRYMauL Před rokem +11

      It makes sense, it’s kind of hard to keep a herd in check and away from large predators without having multiple large predators of your own. Humans are good persistent hunters, but I don’t think we have the stamina to keep rile up a whole herd of cattle or sheep without a couple dogs.

    • @patrickgrant6389
      @patrickgrant6389 Před rokem

      ​@@KRYMauL we do have the stamina we humans have the best stamina and endurance on the planet we just lack the speed to herd them

    • @KRYMauL
      @KRYMauL Před rokem

      @@patrickgrant6389 I meant sprint stamina, we can walk or jog for days.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @daniellasalamao3108
    @daniellasalamao3108 Před 4 lety +89

    This was one of the most clear and well made videos about this subject ive ever seen. Even English not being my first language, I was able to understand everything without a problem. Your work is amazing! Keep it up!

    • @sspsp6545
      @sspsp6545 Před 4 lety +3

      Yet, you write better than most native English speakers, if I dare say so. Congratulations on learning a second language. I can't imagine how you do it.

    • @johnnyquid-xj4kk
      @johnnyquid-xj4kk Před 9 měsíci

      Smart people know how to communicate clearly. And you’re correct.

  • @chickadeestevenson5440
    @chickadeestevenson5440 Před 4 lety +830

    Meanwhile cat.
    Hey there...
    You got a lot of mice here, mind if I settle down and ya know, just hang out and kill the mice, and oh your bed is nice and warm and so is your seat.
    Humans:
    Yes, my feline overlord

    • @birocsabal
      @birocsabal Před 4 lety +43

      That's becouse they use they use evil magic, called Trichinella.

    • @IRex-wm9pd
      @IRex-wm9pd Před 4 lety +74

      and dont mind me while.... I walk back and forth... in front of your... computer screen... making it impossible to... type comments... on youtube...

    • @cuervoramos
      @cuervoramos Před 4 lety +39

      @@birocsabal I believe you mean _Toxoplasma_

    • @jonathangarzon2798
      @jonathangarzon2798 Před 4 lety +15

      Cats, you mean catapult ammo?

    • @ThatBugBehindYou
      @ThatBugBehindYou Před 4 lety +17

      I mean, cats have parasites that spread by infecting human brains and making you love cats so much you need more than one. So it's not far off that humans and cats were brought together through parasites alone, the only helping factor being that cats did well in environments that humans inhabited.

  • @joebottum
    @joebottum Před 3 lety +41

    People always talk about wolves being attracted to fire/cooking, my favorite theory is pup snatching. "Hey we killed this vicious wolf but look how cute the puppies are, let's keep em"

    • @amreebaik3120
      @amreebaik3120 Před 3 lety +4

      Lord Stark, there a five pups for each stark children, the direwolf is in your sigil. 🙄

    • @hulkito852
      @hulkito852 Před 3 lety +2

      Great pov hadn’t crossed my mind but Im sure this is one of the many ways dogs grew to coexist with people

    • @Scanntraxx001
      @Scanntraxx001 Před 3 lety +4

      That's kinda how i figure most domesticated animals are captured. Easier to get them young and tiny.

    • @hulkito852
      @hulkito852 Před 3 lety +5

      @@Scanntraxx001 youd be surprised, if you visit mexico most rural and medium to small cities have domesticated canines running around living as part of the communities without being “owned” by anyone in particular. Most people will do what they can to keep them healthy and fed, relatively speaking of course.

  • @morganirvine2327
    @morganirvine2327 Před 3 lety +9

    @0:00 the picture of one of our ancestors enjoying the fire with a good boy makes me smile we shared a more comfortable warm spot and got never ending companionship

  • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
    @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat Před rokem +18

    The ability to infer someone’s attention by tracing their gaze is called a “triatic gaze”
    It’s how babies learn a lot of things and apparently also dogs

  • @HandsomeNature
    @HandsomeNature Před 4 lety +16

    My dog Charlie died this morning. Not sure why I'm here, but its comforting

    • @mothlightmedia1936
      @mothlightmedia1936  Před 4 lety +13

      Oh no man, I'm sorry to hear that

    • @HandsomeNature
      @HandsomeNature Před 4 lety +3

      @@mothlightmedia1936 thank you. I posted his photo on my community page.

  • @jason41a
    @jason41a Před 4 lety +94

    dogs : good ears, good nose
    humans : good brains and hands.
    well we make good hunting teams.

    • @yolo_burrito
      @yolo_burrito Před 3 lety +6

      Humans have much better daytime eyesight than dogs as well.

    • @morganirvine2327
      @morganirvine2327 Před 3 lety

      True we made the tools and they helped track prey, work to keep us feed during accient times.

    • @jiyakuches220
      @jiyakuches220 Před 2 lety +4

      That's true and dogs have better night vision than humans.

  • @thatlousygamer4054
    @thatlousygamer4054 Před rokem +8

    We looked up at the stars and cried out in loneliness, and our cries were answered.

  • @IkanaMusicBox
    @IkanaMusicBox Před 4 lety +34

    They are gifts to be cherished

  • @antininospius
    @antininospius Před 4 lety +193

    Like horses, dogs were destined to be our allies and friends.

    • @samaepl
      @samaepl Před 4 lety +56

      Horses and Dogs were indeed destined to live with us. I can't think of any other animals that could bond with a human so deeply. After some time spent together this bond is so strong that you literally communicate with Your animal without words. You treat them as friends.....as family. They instinctively take care of newborn children in the pack and are very gentle not to harm them. Give them unconditional love and they will respond in kind. I can't wait to see good bois helping us in Space and taking first walk on the surface of Mars and other space colonies.

    • @antininospius
      @antininospius Před 4 lety +18

      @@samaepl they have influenced our evolution as much as we have theirs. Such a precious gift in companion animals we have been given.

    • @antininospius
      @antininospius Před 4 lety +27

      @@samaepl in fact, domestic dogs even behave more as humans do in interactions than wild dogs with each other

    • @lamalien2276
      @lamalien2276 Před 4 lety +6

      Well it helps that one is a land carnivore with senses we don't possess and the other has a huge back to ride on. More like allies of convenience than lovey doveys.

    • @antininospius
      @antininospius Před 4 lety +5

      @@lamalien2276 still , they were attracted by convenient food, is any partnership not the same question of what am I getting in trade? But why only those two? There is something special about the choice.

  • @danielwalker26
    @danielwalker26 Před 4 lety +21

    0:20 OMG dog saddlebags AND a dog sled? SOOOO adorable.

    • @dindinprivate3477
      @dindinprivate3477 Před 4 lety +5

      @Anna K Likely only those that did permit this action were kept, fed and permitted to continue breeding within human encampments.

    • @czos9239
      @czos9239 Před 4 lety +2

      @Anna K It's interesting because some huge breeds excel at that, so obviously something happened. (Unlike when some - like Marc Antoy - tried it with big cats and things went sideways badly.)

    • @lycaonpictus9662
      @lycaonpictus9662 Před 4 lety +1

      @Anna K While true I assume the artist was attempting to portray domestic dogs rather than captive wolves, but at an early state of domestication when they still physically resembled the wolf.
      That is part of the issue in trying to determine when dogs were first domesticated. The further you go back toward the first domestication events, the more likely any remains being unearthed are going to be hard to distinguish from bones belonging to dogs' wild cousins.

  • @saintsebastian_e
    @saintsebastian_e Před rokem +9

    i'm crying... thousands of years of evolution so me and my dog feel happy when we look at each other. that's amazing

  • @thomastakesatollforthedark2231

    How can people dislike dogs after all this? 20,000 years wasted on them I say

  • @jdlvtrn1
    @jdlvtrn1 Před 4 lety +23

    I'd bet that human hunters and canine packs frequently converged on the same herds of prey and the humans didn't fail to notice the usefulness of the canine sensory acuity, as much as the canines scavenging the left overs from the bison roast. Behavioral changes likely before physical.

  • @mrzjohnson4
    @mrzjohnson4 Před 3 lety +12

    Thank you for continuously providing information without the manufactured tension, suspense that you find in even PBS docs. Just informative, quality stuff.

  • @mattarmstrong0115
    @mattarmstrong0115 Před 3 lety +122

    I’ve always had a dog, can’t imagine life without one.

    • @dougmawer5205
      @dougmawer5205 Před 3 lety +8

      I always had dogs my whole life. But then after the one i had died when i was like 13 or 14 i didnt get another one and after a while it felt normal not having one. Then when i was 19 i got a puppy and i don't know how i went 4 or 5 years without a dog now.

    • @dante6x
      @dante6x Před 2 lety +11

      The only sad thing for me is watching them pass away due to their life span. That's the reasons it's hard for me to get any pet. I wish they lived as long as we do

    • @brendanmckenna3851
      @brendanmckenna3851 Před 2 lety +4

      @@dante6x yeah it’s because their perfect

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 Před rokem +4

      You're so lucky to have parents who like Dogs. My parents never let me keep a dog, I was 4 when I asked them for a puppy, now I'm 17, still don't have one. I can only get a dog when I grow up and become financially Independent and have my own house.

    • @fernandochapa1433
      @fernandochapa1433 Před rokem +4

      It’s funny that I’m a 28 year old man crying and missing my teenage years dog that passed away a while back. This bond is for real man it feels like something spiritual

  • @search895
    @search895 Před 4 lety +9

    My favourite comprehensive video on evolution of dogs till date. Most of the videos or articles on the matter only go half deep in the aspects and this one sums them all.

  • @Falconlibrary
    @Falconlibrary Před rokem +12

    If you want to know how deeply committed dogs are to humans, consider this:
    Dogs will defend us against other dogs
    Dogs will defend us against their cousins, the wolves and coyotes
    That's some ride or die level of commitment right there

    • @frethero19
      @frethero19 Před 9 měsíci +1

      And humans will defend their dogs against other humans without hesitation. Truly ride or die

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @euniceprather6478
    @euniceprather6478 Před 4 lety +287

    This is total malarkey I was domesticated by my dog if it wasn't for her I'd be running wild and free

    • @dindinprivate3477
      @dindinprivate3477 Před 4 lety +6

      LOL

    • @John-X
      @John-X Před 4 lety +5

      lol "malarkey"
      is that you, creepy joe?

    • @eanschaan9392
      @eanschaan9392 Před 4 lety +5

      I just got an image in my head of you streaking through a park screaming that you are a wild soul while the cops chase you with a megaphone.

    • @momo1461
      @momo1461 Před 4 lety +1

      "Like the family dog... we be kickin' it."
      -PUTS

  • @thecreepycuck6036
    @thecreepycuck6036 Před 4 lety +75

    The sad part is they will never find out “who the good boy” really is 😭

  • @astrofrk
    @astrofrk Před 4 lety +28

    When I look at my dachshund, I know how far this relationship has come.

  • @itinerantpatriot1196
    @itinerantpatriot1196 Před rokem +14

    “Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”― Mark Twain

  • @nikg5223
    @nikg5223 Před 3 lety +32

    Its amazing to think how long man and dog have been living together. Man's best friend is probably one of the greatest truisms ever.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @bcast9978
    @bcast9978 Před 4 lety +49

    When your son or daughter keeps bringing animals home; eventually you give up and say yes to the cute fluffy things.

  • @rodrigorosatoalves
    @rodrigorosatoalves Před 4 lety +17

    Loved it. Perfect level of depth in the subject. Also, the length is perfect - well within the limits of average human attention span (I have adhd so I really know how that works, trust me lol)

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @ptauagpt
    @ptauagpt Před 4 lety +91

    (1) The more people I meet .... the more I like my dog. (2) I hope I am more than half what my dog thinks I am.

    • @raionshishi8290
      @raionshishi8290 Před 4 lety +7

      Oh boi, dogs think way too much of us, i wish could be anything near what they see me as.

  • @jaykubisanidiot8657
    @jaykubisanidiot8657 Před rokem +7

    "...it's built in, has been since the dawn of time. When a few wild dogs took it upon themselves to watch over Man. To bark when he's in danger, to run and play with him when he's happy, to nuzzle him when he's lonely. That's why they call us Man's Best Friend." - Shadow,
    Homeward Bound

  • @herbertfawcett7213
    @herbertfawcett7213 Před 4 lety +26

    Dogs and men have similar hunting strategies.

  • @dwightstjohn6927
    @dwightstjohn6927 Před 4 lety +31

    I caught a baby coyote by hand when a kid. We've had two coyote crosses and wolf crosses (accidents) that are in my neighborhood since pups. and know everybody. Wild dog have a STRONG pack sense and actual separation anxiety. It's no surprise that early man, finding a group of pups in a hole, wouldn't end up bringing them home. I DID!!

    • @theskyisblue8979
      @theskyisblue8979 Před 4 lety

      Mmm tasty

    • @georgehunter2813
      @georgehunter2813 Před 4 lety +1

      Well yeah. That's how the process of domestication was started and sustained. Human adoption of baby wolves. There are old colonial era photos of Australian Aboriginal women nursing dingo pups. Speaks volumes.

    • @luisflores5002
      @luisflores5002 Před 4 lety

      some monkeys in india steal pups that became their guardians, i can think humans did as well

    • @pczone7641
      @pczone7641 Před 3 lety

      @@luisflores5002 in Saudi Arabia baboons do that too

  • @matthewcrosby3615
    @matthewcrosby3615 Před 4 lety +5

    I love the mix between beautiful wild animals and adorable dogs.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před rokem

      You shallow idiot! Owning a dog is a character flaw! dogs are filthy, disease and bacteria ridden bags of crap! If your dog was given to someone else who would feed them, they would forget that you ever existed in a couple of days! dogs are humankind's worst curse! The world would be a much better place without dogs! dogs should be culled!

  • @CavemanBearPig
    @CavemanBearPig Před rokem +20

    I never tire of hearing about how dogs and humans have been a team for ages.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @thepersonaljo
    @thepersonaljo Před 2 lety +2

    This is one of, if not THE best canine evolution video I've ever seen. Thank you so much for making the content that you do. I watch all your videis and the quality is absolutely consistent. As a dog trainer though, this one is my favorite.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @koche9917
    @koche9917 Před 4 lety +17

    There was an old film about aboriginal. The footage was early 1900 in Australia. And it was showing dingo and aboriginal are living together. Dingo were not pet. Human and dingo had hunting relationship and not necessary to live together. I could not find the video again.

    • @thedwightguy
      @thedwightguy Před 3 lety

      co predators needed to pull their own weight. if the human went on a gathering quest or religious journey the dingo would have to get his own groceries for awhile. Like when I'm in town for a week off my acreage and my cats are pretty much on their own. I came home and my forest cat had a rabbit at the door heavier than him.

    • @Taureantiger888
      @Taureantiger888 Před 2 lety

      Well yes..pet culture is recent and it has to do with socioeconomic factors. I grew up in a farm in Eastern Europe and the dogs had their own dog houses and didn't sleep in the home.

  • @criticalcog6363
    @criticalcog6363 Před rokem +6

    I had a farm dog since I was a small child until she died a few months after I left for college. It tears me up inside because I wasn't there when she died, and she died alone in the cold night without my support. Anytime I think of that dog, I cry. She was incredibly loyal, fierce, and loving. I would go hunting in the woods with her. One time a big coyote came barreling down a path I was on, and she immediately tore after it and chased it away into the brush. I just wish I had been there to show my loyalty and love in her time of greatest need, when she was dying.

  • @JoeJoeTheCapybara
    @JoeJoeTheCapybara Před 4 lety +4

    Fantastic Video! I was talking about the domestication process earlier today in regards to differences of why war elephants aren't domesticated but horses are. Lots of cool information in this video I did not know! Thanks

  • @therearenonamesinthevoid5772

    I love dogs, and this subject has cropped up in my mind, many times. Last year, i lost my best friend, mackie, a brindle pitbull. He was an intelligent, kind, and loyal friend. I thought to myself at times, if he possessed the right vocal chords, he would be seconds away from saying something in my language, as he was such an intense personality. I used to tell him " our friendship is a few millennia in the making". Even now, I miss him like a person might miss a family member. Thanks for sharing this video, to better understand our relationship with canine.

  • @Chopped_Liver
    @Chopped_Liver Před 2 lety +4

    Whoever the first Human/human colony was to begin domestication of Dogs
    With all my heart THANK YOU
    I owe you a big part of my heart, my best friend, my dog

  • @samwell707
    @samwell707 Před rokem +1

    This was the greatest video I’ve ever seen breaking down what makes a dog different, where they came from, and their familial placement in our lives.

  • @richgreen1508
    @richgreen1508 Před 4 lety +4

    I rarely add a comment to a video, but I had to this time, well done. The information was on point, non repetitive as well as engaging.

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify Před 4 lety +25

    So dogs like Huskies need higher meat content in their diets? What about Chow Chows? how many copies do they have?

    • @harrietharlow9929
      @harrietharlow9929 Před 4 lety +9

      Not sure, but Chows were originally bred as war dogs and hunting dogs.

    • @canadiannomad540
      @canadiannomad540 Před 4 lety +7

      I feed my dogs a portion of raw wild meat and kibble with a boiled duck egg.

    • @dindinprivate3477
      @dindinprivate3477 Před 4 lety

      @@harrietharlow9929 Also as a source of food themselves.

    • @raionshishi8290
      @raionshishi8290 Před 4 lety +1

      @@canadiannomad540 That's a good combo, have you ever used fish oil before ? It can help the dogs coat become smoother and healthier.

  • @ajmc8572
    @ajmc8572 Před 4 lety +44

    Another winner, and now my personal favourite video, by MLM.
    Aroooooooooooo

  • @justinmanser7525
    @justinmanser7525 Před rokem +1

  • @jonh9561
    @jonh9561 Před 4 lety +6

    Dogs are one of life's greatest gifts

  • @feliciaadams7666
    @feliciaadams7666 Před 2 lety +5

    The symbiotic relationship between humans and dogs has always been fascinating and probably one of my favorite things to study, and it's not just because I love dogs.
    Though don't get me wrong, I love dogs. So freaking much.

  • @ekszentrik
    @ekszentrik Před 4 lety +5

    I can see why people that didn't "like" dogs were weeded out of the gene pool as well. This isn't just a matter of liking or disliking them, some humans (probably more children) were probably downright terrified of large carnivores with big teeth chilling out in their village. If they grew up into adult dog haters, they probably wouldn't be regarded as prime dating material in the village. So people that were either neutral or positive towards them became the prime stock from which modern humans descend.

  • @The_Hagseed
    @The_Hagseed Před rokem +2

    It's always nice to always have spare food that follows you around.

  • @AndersonStJones
    @AndersonStJones Před 4 lety +19

    I love dogs. I would literally put my life at risk for dog.

  • @matchesburn
    @matchesburn Před 3 lety +4

    Wolf: "Hey, human, I'm hungry."
    Human: "Yeah? Well, I'm cold."
    Wolf/Human: "I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship..."

  • @connlaffan6232
    @connlaffan6232 Před 4 lety +4

    Great and interesting video once again Moth Light Media.

  • @vivienneclarke2421
    @vivienneclarke2421 Před 2 lety +3

    I truly believe that dogs and humans have had a parallel shared Path that goes too far back to even calculate. There's a special,almost spiritual,connection between us. I'm 57 years old and there's never been a time in my Life that hasn't been shared with a dog. That said,I just lost my dog of 14 years a week ago. She was without a doubt the best dog I've ever had the honor to share my Life with,and her loss has left a big hole in my Heart. I'm grieving for her like no other.
    RIP Riley Rooster,run free with legs no longer crippled,and know that you were deeply Loved~I'll never forget you and your beautiful Soul........💕

    • @cg5471
      @cg5471 Před 2 lety

      They say they have found burials of dogs & humans side by side over 13000 yrs ago so never let anyone tell you they're not family. It's literally in our dna that we treat them as such.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @jf4156
    @jf4156 Před 2 lety +1

    Isn't it nice that we have this animal that has a bond with us so strong that they're an extension of ourselves in a way

  • @MelancholyCrypto
    @MelancholyCrypto Před 4 lety +5

    I find this so interesting, I love your content thank you.

  • @imnotabeetleiswear6549
    @imnotabeetleiswear6549 Před rokem +4

    Lots of people like to say dogs can "Sense your vibe and smell fear." I've noticed a lot of people take that at face value and seem to think they have some extra sense but really, they're reading the exact same subtle body language and emotional changes that humans are able to read about each other. The same way you can tell your best friend is upset even though they aren't outwardly showing it, dogs and people basically grew up together and we've evolved to be able to read each other at a glance.

    • @masterdeetectiv9520
      @masterdeetectiv9520 Před rokem +1

      They can smell emotions

    • @FormerGovernmentHuman
      @FormerGovernmentHuman Před rokem

      As the guy above said they smell the neurochemical composition coming off of you. They can smell the fear in your sweat.
      Apparently service dogs trained to help with epilepsy can smell a seizure before it happens. They train them with a harvested scent in a container.
      They are also amazing at recognizing patterns and subtle details as you said. So if your brow is imperceptibly furrowed meaning you are troubled they notice your behavior pattern and small movements we may not notice in close friends or family but we can kind if just sense.

    • @meaniemelinee8045
      @meaniemelinee8045 Před rokem +1

      Imagine attacking someone just because you smelled their fear and then be regarded as loving and even better than humans.

  • @matcradle
    @matcradle Před 2 lety +6

    First Grey Wolf be like: "What could possibly go wrong if I join these hooomans?"
    Dogs now: Am I a good boi?

  • @chapo3992
    @chapo3992 Před 3 lety +1

    Truly a fascinating video. Keep up the great work!

  • @Kretek
    @Kretek Před 4 lety +75

    It's simple. One day, our ancestors found orphan wolf puppies. Puppies were cute.

    • @justinsnider9772
      @justinsnider9772 Před 4 lety +10

      They probably would have just ate them if that was the case, there had to be a mutual benefit to co existence like help hunting or guarding the camp.

    • @Aaronit0
      @Aaronit0 Před 4 lety

      @Andrés Valverde and use your food* you forgot. Not only it is useless but would most likely use the little ressources you have.

    • @turkey2003
      @turkey2003 Před 3 lety

      Wolf puppies are vicious. They will bite with their litte teeth. Most likely they would have killed the wolf puppies as they are competitors to humans.

  • @Nick_B_Bad
    @Nick_B_Bad Před rokem

    I live with 3 old English sheepdogs ranging in age from 3 to 9 and I love how they make me feel every time I come home from work. Their observance and eagerness to be protectors makes me sleep well at night.

  • @zzebowa
    @zzebowa Před 4 lety +3

    Man finds abandoned puppy, says "Oh, cute!", brings it up, enjoys it's playfulness, train-ability, loyalty, and ability to help hunting, to act as a guard, ad so on. It has been a perfect relationship for millennia.

  • @RagingRatMax
    @RagingRatMax Před 3 lety +21

    I can’t even imagine how great the feeling was of domesticating the first wolf.

    • @user-pakshibhithi10
      @user-pakshibhithi10 Před rokem +9

      A wolf wasn't domesticated in a lifetime. The ancient Hunter-gatherers didn't cuddle with their Wolf hunting-partners like we do. They just hunted together and gave those wolves which helped them hunt some food from the hunt. That is how Wolves were domesticated.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Před rokem +1

      Hardest part convincing other humans this wolf thing isn't going to kill them the moment they let their guard down.

    • @josephinetracy1485
      @josephinetracy1485 Před 8 měsíci

      You dog could be confiscated and given to another person, and you would be completely forgotten in 24 hours. Your dog could be kidnapped, re-trained, and kill you in six weeks. dogs are the most embarrassing part of human existence. The fact that we bring the filthiest creature on the planet into our homes to poison our lives is almost unbearable to contemplate. There's nothing lower than a dog!

  • @My-Pal-Hal
    @My-Pal-Hal Před 4 lety +14

    We've been working on Domestication for Thousands of Years.
    But these damn humans are just Untrainable 😂

  • @brettgordhamer6914
    @brettgordhamer6914 Před 3 lety +1

    This and all of your work is so well done..so good..thank you

  • @crmesson22k
    @crmesson22k Před 4 lety +9

    Mans best friend

  • @petemisc4291
    @petemisc4291 Před rokem +2

    Human/dog relationship truly is a marvelous thing of evolution, just amazing

  • @JustADude01
    @JustADude01 Před 4 lety +10

    Some caveman found a wolf pup and another caveman did the same. The pups grew up and made babies. The babies learned to see humans as family and they loved happy ever after

    • @Stratigic_Cheese_Reserve
      @Stratigic_Cheese_Reserve Před 3 lety

      Human reared wolfs still have wild instincts, they can be incredibly aggressive and dangerous. allowing the less aggressive one to stay around camp seems more likely.

    • @JustADude01
      @JustADude01 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Stratigic_Cheese_Reserve yeah but I kinda explained it in a way a Disney movie would tell a story lol

  • @bryanpenaloza5697
    @bryanpenaloza5697 Před 3 lety

    I can't stop watching these videos/ mini documentary about dogs

  • @AlejandroRasmussen7
    @AlejandroRasmussen7 Před 4 lety +6

    Wolves can get hurt by hunting, man has weapons so he can kill without getting hurt, wolfs can track prey. On top of that our hierarchical societies are similar, match made in heaven. They track, we kill and share the bounty

  • @TJSaw
    @TJSaw Před rokem +1

    A friendship that goes back thousands of years.

  • @moe.jones1
    @moe.jones1 Před 4 lety +4

    This was very informative

  • @THOUGHTCTRL
    @THOUGHTCTRL Před 3 lety

    There's a Reason Why we call Dog as Man's Best Friend 😍
    Research suggests, Dog ownership may improve heart health, decrease depression, and even help you live longer.
    "As we became friends with them, they became friends with us, and we have a dependency that's charming," Bill Nye
    At some point, Dogs evolved to become man’s best friend? When did this take place? ThoughtCtrl is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories through our Videos. For more info, do Watch our Video.
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  • @tomm4073
    @tomm4073 Před 4 lety +4

    No matter their ancestry or history, I love my dogs and they love me. Or so they make me believe, but dogs do not fake their feelings.

  • @garrysinclair9767
    @garrysinclair9767 Před rokem

    Thank you - illuminating. We are a dog household, currently sharing our home with three of these marvellous beings. They both understand much of what we are as we understand much of them. Our first mate, Jo, was picked up off the street in a holiday town in Central Java many years ago. He, a pup at the time, indicated quite clearly through body language that he wanted to be with us and this in the two weeks of our holiday. He died in my wife's arms 15 years later. I mist up as I finish.

  • @GoStraightToGulag
    @GoStraightToGulag Před 3 lety +5

    "Huskies have 3 copies of AMY2B"
    > My dumb ass husky eating all my backyard vegetable crops and refusing to eat an expensive raw diet, even going as far to lick the gravy off of expensive wet food and leaving the meat behind.
    Interesting. 😂 Well, I guess she'll continue getting squash and frozen watermelon as a treat even if she sucks at digesting it.

  • @drummerofawe
    @drummerofawe Před rokem

    The end of the video got me super interested in how symbiotic relationships evolve over time

  • @riptide1ful
    @riptide1ful Před 4 lety +5

    This is why they are man's best friend.

  • @j.mahoney1178
    @j.mahoney1178 Před 4 lety +2

    Man & Dogs not just his best friend, there is a spiritual bond between them.

  • @stenh.6243
    @stenh.6243 Před 4 lety +10

    I wonder how much dogs have changed our evolution.
    Maybe they taught us how to first love unconditionally.
    A lot of our morals are based on unreachable ideals in humanity expressed commonly in nature.

    • @dindinprivate3477
      @dindinprivate3477 Před 4 lety +4

      Dogs do love unconditionally. Humans don't.

    • @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704
      @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704 Před 4 lety +1

      @@dindinprivate3477 dogs love unconditionally as long as they're well fed

    • @raionshishi8290
      @raionshishi8290 Před 4 lety

      @@henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704 That's just a given, why would anything love something that doesn't even care about them to THAT level.

    • @lexetordo8954
      @lexetordo8954 Před 4 lety

      @@raionshishi8290 a lot of dogs do that's the sad part.

    • @magnarcreed3801
      @magnarcreed3801 Před 2 lety

      @@dindinprivate3477
      Some humans do.
      I love my fur babies unconditionally.
      Everyone else is on their own.