What you knew by nature about your dog — and yourself — has been given a scientific table on which to sit. International research into the evolution of wolves into dogs, and how dogs became man’s best friend, has found that it was apparently mean’t to be. Humans and wolves were made for each other. Both were highly social species who lived and hunted as family units. It’s theorized that as long as 33,000 years ago, dogs and humans found it convenient to hunt together. Keep in mind life was perilous for both. Some scholars have suggested that early humans learned to hunt big game by watching, following, and stealing from wolves. It is also possible that wolves benefitted from following human hunters who with fire and spears were more profligate and efficient killers.
