Wolves to Dogs: The Origins of Our Alliance

In this episode, historian Brad Harris brings us back in time over 35,000 years ago to reveal the very beginning of dog domestication. Learn how humanity gained the upper hand in an ancient competition with wolves to enable more friendly interaction and cooperation, and how the subsequent alliance between humans and dogs helped both species to thrive. This is one of three free preview episodes. To hear all 20 episodes of How It Began ad-free, visit bradcoleharris.gumroad.com/l/howitbegan

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Wolves to Dogs: The Origins of Our Alliance is an episode from How It Began: A History of the Modern World by Brad Harris, Historian of Science & Technology.

This episode is 25:54 long.

This episode was published on Apr 13, 2017.

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