Sentences with phrase «ancient dogs used»

Ancient dogs used to eat killed hunts» meats, which is prone to bacteria and other parasites.

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ON THE HUNT In a new book, anthropologist Pat Shipman argues that ancient humans hastened the demise of Neandertals when they domesticated wolves and used dogs in big game hunts.

The two major advantages of this estimate are that (a) it only depends on previously discovered variable sites in higher coverage modern dogs (our genotype calling in ancient samples is likely to be much more accurate in such situations), and (b) it uses only a single chromosome from each population (which can be randomly picked), and thus does not require calling heterozygotes accurately (that is, it should not be sensitive to the lower coverage of our ancient samples).

Both MixMapper23 and ADMIXTUREGRAPH22 were used to perform model - based inference of specific admixture events involving the three ancient dogs.

Since ancient Egypt, dogs have been used during times of war and for other military service.

This ancient breed was primarily used as a guard dog.

It is a working breed that originates from the Yakutia region of the Russian Siberia and can be used for... [Read more...] about Yakutian Laika — A New Ancient Dog Breed

In popular literature it denotes the prick - eared, leggy dog with a curled tail from the early Egyptian age, but it was also used with reference to the lop - eared «saluki / sloughi» type; it was one of several types of dogs in Ancient Egypt, particularly the latter type had an appearance most similar to that of a greyhound.

The Canaan Dog Project, founded in Israel, seeks to rescue an ancient Middle Eastern breed used for thousands of years as herding dogs.

Both the Coastal Eskimo Dog and the Alaskan Interior Village Dog descended from the ancient dogs of nomadic hunter gathers that used the Bering Land Bridge to migrate across the Bering Strait into Alaska over 14,000 years ago.

The ancient origin of the Saint Bernard breed is unclear, but the monks began using large dogs to help with rescues.

This ancient mountain dog is from Tibet where it was used as a guard dog.

The Cane Corso is descended from the war dogs, known as canis pugnax, used by the ancient Romans.

It's no wonder they were used as guard dogs in ancient China.

The Kuvasz is a breed of ancient Hungarian dog that was originally used for guarding livestock.

In spite of his youthful history, the Labrala has some pretty ancient lineage that includes the Labrador retriever who dates back to 19th century Newfoundland where he was used as a working dog on fishing boats as well as the Vizsla who comes from Hungary and dates back almost a thousand years where he was used for hunting in Central Europe.

Ancient breed of dogs was a term once used for a group of dog breeds by the American Kennel Club, [5] but no longer.

Phoenician traders are believed to the be responsible for introducing these early mastiffs to ancient Britain, where Romans discovered the dogs and used them in their fighting arenas.

Dogs have been used in the military since ancient times, according to Tom Newton, historian and expert on military dDogs have been used in the military since ancient times, according to Tom Newton, historian and expert on military dogsdogs.

Since ancient times, we have been using different types of combs, brushes and contraptions through our dog's fur to get those nasty fleas.

History & Use The Bearded Collie is a medium - sized working dog of ancient origin resembling the Old English sheepdog.

Parents used to leave their children with the dog in ancient times, to guard them against wild animals or evil people.

Another member of the Mastiff family, the Dogo Canario is an ancient breed of dog, once used to fight in wars.

But supporters of the theory contend that enough of the foundational stock is ancient, including the greyhound and the Khoikhoi dog (from which the ridged back derives), that even though it was developed relatively recently and for use with modern firearms, the breed can still be considered to be of a «primitive type».

As with many ancient working breeds, there is little direct evidence in word or picture to prove how the Corgi came to be; unlike the pets of aristocrats, working dogs were largely undocumented and tended to be lumped together as «curs» — not a derogatory term in those times, but simply used to distinguish ordinary canines from dogs of high breeding.

Huskies are a very old breed developed by the Chukchi, an ancient indigenous people in eastern Siberia, long before coming to Alaska to be used for sled - dog racing in the early 1900's.

In dogs, the term breed is used two ways: loosely, to refer to dog types or landraces of dog (also called natural breeds or ancient breeds); or more precisely, to refer to modern breeds of dog, which are documented so as to be known to be descended from specific ancestors, that closely resemble others of their breed in appearance, movement, way of working and other characters; and that reproduce with offspring closely resembling each other and their parents.

Developed from war hounds into a dog used for hunting and guarding, the Irish wolfhound is ancient and may have been brought to Ireland as far back as 7000 B.C. Though their primary use was hunting, today's dogs are fairly quiet and reserved, intelligent and easygoing.

The Akita is one of Japan's oldest native breeds, and was used as a hunting and guard dog in ancient times.

Also, dealing with Graziella Boucher, a tiny ancient tyrant» who headed the local Animal Defenders League and from 1964 to 1979 frequently clashed with Multnomah County law enforcement agencies, first over the use of pepper spray by mail carriers to deter aggressive dogs, later flamboyantly accusing a police officer of abusing his dog.