0_Apprentice
I love having a dog, I don't know what I would do without him.
1_Wizard
I love dog's as well.  Over the years they have been domesticated due to their behaviors and attributes.
0_Apprentice
How long have dogs been used as pets?
1_Wizard
Dogs were found by human remains almost 15,000 years ago, but some say it could be as long as 36,000 years ago.
0_Apprentice
Dog
1_Wizard
Dogs are closely related to the gray wolf, and modern gray wolves aren't closely related as the ones the were domesticated back then.
0_Apprentice
It's amazing all the different breeds emerged over the years.
1_Wizard
Evolution has taken a long time, 800 thousand years and there is one that is being called the "Canis lupus" that is simialr to dogs today, and also the dingo and gray wolf.
0_Apprentice
I see. so did dogs emerge from the gray wolf?