CARTA: Domestication and Human Evolution - Robert Wayne: The Transformation of Wolf to Dog

(Visit: www.uctv.tv) Robert Wayne (UCLA) presents a historical perspective on dog evolution in this talk. The timing and context of dog domestication is controversial. Wayne’s findings place domestication at a time when humans were migratory hunter-gatherers and suggest that a unique domestication scenario applies to the dog, the only large carnivore ever domesticated. Recorded on 10/10/2014. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 28895]

[@luddity]

It seems strange to me that dogs are not represented in the ancient cave art at all. Or even in any of the really old sculptures from early pastoralists. Or are they? Where and when do they first appear in ancient art?

[@squatch545]

Good question.

[@catha.j.stuart2200]

Maybe not until the Ancient Egyptians. Before that there are some dogs in prehistoric cave paintings and rock art. See "Cultural depictions of the dog" in Wikipedia.

[@midiaoudiallo8823]

As mentioned there are Paleolithic Dog and proto dog cave and rock paintings as well as burials, but obviously scattered since not everyone was having this relationship w them