jan 1, 7300 BC - Domesticated dogs, Britain
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Dogs were domesticated from gray wolves about 20,000 years ago. They must have been very valuable to early human settlements, for they quickly became ubiquitous across world cultures.
Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "Man's best friend" in the western world. In 2010, there were estimated to be 600 million dogs in the world.
Over the 20,000 year span the dog had been domesticated, it diverged into only a handful of landraces, groups of similar animals whose morphology and behavior have been shaped by environmental factors and functional roles. Through selective breeding by humans, the dog has developed into hundreds of varied breeds, and shows more behavioral and morphological variation than any other land mammal.
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