When and why did people start keeping pets?
Posted by Josh Taylor / September 18, 2018
Our beloved dogs and cats are so intertwined in our lives that we do not often think about how they got there. Not in the “where did you adopt that cute dog?” sense, but rather in the “why did humans start keeping pets to begin with” sense. This video explores the origins of domesticated animals, and how humans bridged the gap between working animals, animals to eat, and animal companions. The history is far longer than you think, which explains in part why humans are so keen to keep pets.
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