The Domestication of the Dog

question 21

Multiple Choice

The domestication of the dog

• A) ensured, worldwide, that all early states had strong enough animals to help plow fields.
• B) likely occurred in two phases, the first beginning in China.
• C) occurred only in the Eastern Hemisphere.
• D) occurred only after a key mutation that turned dogs into more docile creatures.
• E) illustrates the strong human-animal bond that was an important adaptation during the time of early hominin evolution.

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