Author Question: Which animals were first to be domesticated? Why?[br][br][b][color=#7BCCB5]Question ... (Read 18 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Jul 18, 2018

Which animals were first to be domesticated? Why?

Question 2

During which time period did the placental mammals appear on earth?

leannegxo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Dogs are believed to be the first animals domesticated, and there are two main theories why. The first
theory is that dogs may have evolved from a canid ancestor similar to the pariah dogs that populate many
underdeveloped countries today. The second theory is that dogs are domesticated wolves. In this theory, wolf
pups were hand-raised by humans.

Answer to Question 2

During the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, 70 to 40 million years ago, placental mammals evolved, dispersed,
and adapted to new environments.