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Title: Dogs helped man outcompete Neanderthals
Post by: TylerDurden on May 20, 2012, 07:56:26 pm

Probably nonsense, but here is a possibility:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/9269523/Dogs-helped-man-out-compete-with-Neanderthals.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/9269523/Dogs-helped-man-out-compete-with-Neanderthals.html)

Title: Re: Dogs helped man outcompete Neanderthals
Post by: Dorothy on May 21, 2012, 12:37:39 am

I've heard it said that the keeping of livestock would have never been able to begin if it weren't for the domesticated dog. No link - just what I read a few times here and there. Makes sense though.

But why wouldn't neanderthals have dogs too?

Title: Re: Dogs helped man outcompete Neanderthals
Post by: TylerDurden on May 21, 2012, 01:11:10 am

Quote from: Dorothy on May 21, 2012, 12:37:39 am

I've heard it said that the keeping of livestock would have never been able to begin if it weren't for the domesticated dog. No link - just what I read a few times here and there. Makes sense though.

But why wouldn't neanderthals have dogs too?

Exactly. Anyway, I see modern man being  a patchwork of DNA from a dozen different so-called "apemen" species. They didn't die out, they just became part of us.

Title: Re: Dogs helped man outcompete Neanderthals
Post by: aLptHW4k4y on May 21, 2012, 01:41:36 am

Quote from: Dorothy on May 21, 2012, 12:37:39 am

I've heard it said that the keeping of livestock would have never been able to begin if it weren't for the domesticated dog. No link - just what I read a few times here and there. Makes sense though.

This is still true in many parts of the world, I've actually never seen a shepherd without a few dogs.