Gallery: The Earliest Dogs A pointer named “Major” was identified this week as the first known example of a modern dog. A description of the dog was found in a now-obscure 1865 edition of a Victorian journal called The Field. It marks the earliest reported dog breed based on physical form and pedigree. Let’s go walkies through the history of the modern dog…

Gallery:

The Earliest Dogs

A pointer named “Major” was identified this week as the first known example of a modern dog. A description of the dog was found in a now-obscure 1865 edition of a Victorian journal called The Field. It marks the earliest reported dog breed based on physical form and pedigree.

Let’s go walkies through the history of the modern dog…

Source: news.discovery.com

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  1. palantirqueen reblogged this from suzythered and added:
    Pictures of fantastic looking dogs, combined with EVOLUTION :D Ah the domestication of animals and plants and things…....
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    illustration
  6. megumiroberts reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    I’d love to explore the relationships between dog and man in a story. As if enough of those hadn’t been done.
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    Love Pointers :)
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