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Taming the wild
The wolf is the ancestor of the dog. Wolves were once the enemy of stone age man, but were tamed and eventually became hunting dogs, making for a much more successful hunt. This was a pivotal moment in history, when humans used their big brains to change a little bit of nature.
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