Human Evolution: Episode 1 - How We Domesticated Dogs

In todays video we start a brand new series 'Human Evolution'. In this series we will take a look at the key moments that brought us to where we are today. In this first episode we start with how we domesticated mans best friend and why it has been beneficial to us.

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Disclaimer: I am not an expert, I may get things wrong. I will always link my references below so you may take a dive into researching these topics yourself. I aim to be as factual as possible. Information is always subject to changes as new information is uncovered each year making some theories sound mad and others a little more realistic.

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[fluttzkrieg]

Man's best friend is also man's first friend.

[mossyfriends]

ngl the image of the ancient skeleton holding their puppy made me shed a tear

[dayglowjim]

As you can see in my photo, I have a Chihuahua. She's absolutely my closest companion, and I'm so happy she came into my life.

[vaderwasframed]

Dogs are humans first attempt at. Behavioral manipulation and genetic experimentation thru selective breeding. In my opinion, a smashing success.

[CR-ydqe]

Someone else wrote “its more lightly dogs domesticated us”. I personally prefer them to people, the conversation is up to much but the vibes are better.

[josephmendoza]

I saw a Coyote today at the centinela park here in L.A California and I was a little scared but all the fears went away from when I saw how the Coyote Interacted with other dogs and was playing with them and was friendly with the people. And I saw how people were petting the Coyote. So it reminded me of how people and Wolves came together to form a strong bond and that's how we ended up with dogs. A little different but seeing how I saw the Coyote today that's what it sorta reminded me of the story of man and dog

[fbkintanar]

So did wolves-dogs start to "domesticate" herds of reindeer and caribou, becoming the first pastoralists hundreds of thousands of years before the process of coevolution with humans even started? Did humans learn pastoralism from observing wolves-dogs that improved the quality of herds by culling the weak, following them as they migrated between seasonally optimal pastures?

[PNWhiker-rv]

Awesome video, your videos are crazy good quality.

[pregnantparamedic]

Amazing work, keep doing what you're doing bro

[dirtyoldbroad]

We didn’t domesticate dogs. They domesticated us.

[kkdesignservices]

Or perhaps people often adopted orphaned wolf pups? Domestication is hastened if a puppy grows up trusting those around him in its formative stages.

[JeffNeelzebub]

The first dogs probably looked like modern Spitz type dogs like Shibas, Akitas, Huskies, Malamutes, but I think their coloration was most like Shiba Inus as wild dogs that separate from dogs early on, such as the Canaan Dog, New Guinea Singing Dog, and the Dingo, tend to have this reddish coloration. The grey wolf has more grey coloration (hence the name), but the reddish coloration probably suited the lineage of dogs that led to dogs in their environment.

[PortmanRd]

Makes you wonder if there were ever cases of humans killing the adult wolves to get to the pups.

[Andy_Babb]

4:20 Oh MY!

Slipped that in at the 4:20 mark - I see you Yoke! 😂

[vladimirberegovoy]

The best explanation of domestication of dog is provided by Coppinger.

[skylasjourney]

Dogs are the best animals on earth better than most humans

[GabrielLopez-ecfc]

I believe wolves followed our ancestors for scraps and in doing so built up confidence in the wolves to get close enough for us to realize that wolves can keep preditors away and/or we began to feed them out of curiosity n began following the humans building the relationship we have today

[mohammedhassanakbari]

4:50 Aren't the Altai Mountains in Siberia, you said Serbia.

[benjaminking]

What’s the name of the background music? Great vid!

[gizzynthefrog]

Pugs are awesome. I love all dogs, but pugs are extra.