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→Early Use of Dogs
While wolves are known as hunters, the reality is they also spend a lot of time scavenging. It is this scavenging behavior that likely brought them close to human encampments. This would suggest that human populations likely noticed a potential symbiotic relationship, where wolf-like dogs could eventually provide protection and help in hunting. Initially, wolves would have been likely seen as a threat, but studies have shown that wolves can be relatively quickly tamed. Within on generation, a wolf born can be more tame and within a few generations wolves can begin to loose their wolf-like qualities (e.g., pointy ears) and begin to be tightly integrated into human societies and even within placed within the house.
In East Asia and possibly other regions, dogs as sacrificial animals as well as for their utility in food developed more closely. Very likely dogs were consumed in other regions, but over time many regions stopped using dogs as main food sources.
==Dogs as Pets==
