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==Summary==
Dogs have had among the longest histories with humans. This is because they are, in nature, not very large, show a gregarious attitude, and display cooperative traits. However, they are also aggressive and run very fast. These qualities likely made dogs useful in hunting, protection, and even warfare. Over time, their presence in camps and settlements evolved them into pets. In some societies, they were held as holy creatures or at least worthy of an afterlife. In effect, this shows their importance to humans as dogs played an even more important role during the development of agriculture. Interestingly, relatively few societies, even in ancient periods, used dogs as food, indicating that their various traits made them too useful for consumption. Their friendly nature exists in the wild but was likely selected for in a variety of breeds to allow them to easily co-exist in societies. Such traits have helped them to be among the most common pets today.
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