Help support TMP


"Ice age Siberian hunters may have domesticated dogs 23,000" Topic


4 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

In order to respect possible copyright issues, when quoting from a book or article, please quote no more than three paragraphs.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.


Back to the Prehistoric Message Board


Areas of Interest

Ancients

Featured Hobby News Article


Featured Link


Top-Rated Ruleset

l'Art de la Guerre


Rating: gold star gold star gold star gold star gold star gold star gold star 


Featured Showcase Article

Eureka Amazon Project: The Phalangitrixes

Beowulf Fezian paints the prototypes for the Eureka Amazon Army.


Featured Workbench Article

The Alpha 54mm Painting Contest

Five finalists are in the painting rounds of the Alpha 54mm Painting Contest (sponsored by Alpha Miniatures). Who will prove themselves masters of painting 54mm scale Ancients?


Featured Profile Article

Puzzling About the Battle of Delium: Part 1

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian considers the Battle of Delium, 424 B.C.


Current Poll


700 hits since 13 Feb 2021
©1994-2025 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP13 Feb 2021 7:52 p.m. PST

…years ago


"Sometime toward the end of the last ice age, a group of humans armed with stone-tipped spears stalked their prey in the bitter cold of northeastern Siberia, tracking bison and woolly mammoths across a vast, grassy landscape. Beside them ran wolflike creatures, more docile than their ancestors and remarkably willing to help their primate companions hunt down prey and drag it back to camp. These were the world's first dogs. Their descendants flowed both west and east, populating Eurasia as well as accompanying the ancestors of Native Americans as they spread into the Americas…"

link

Main page
link


Amicalement
Armand

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian13 Feb 2021 10:18 p.m. PST

From Science Magazine website.

Extrabio1947 Supporting Member of TMP14 Feb 2021 2:16 p.m. PST

If the Siberians are responsible for domesticated dogs, then good on them. Those early dogs evolved into something noble. I'm not so sure the same can be said of us.

Thanks, Armand. Another good find.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP14 Feb 2021 2:50 p.m. PST

A votre service mon cher ami! (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.