네안데르탈인은 멸종하고 사피엔스가 살아남은 이유는 반려견이 있었기 때문?

#PrehistoricEra #Wolf #Puppy #HumanHistory #Neanderthal #OriginOfDogs #HumanEvolution #CompanionAnimals #AnimalHistory #LibraryOfHumanity Was it because of companion dogs that Neanderthals went extinct and Sapiens survived? 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens, having left Africa and arrived in Europe, were falling behind Neanderthals in every respect. Larger brains, stronger muscles, and 250,000 years of accumulated experience. However, Sapiens formed a decisive alliance: the wolf. It wasn't that humans tamed them; the wolves approached first. This partnership, which involved hunting together, guarding the night, and enduring the cold, changed the fate of humanity. And 14,000 years ago, a grave was discovered where a mother nursed a sick puppy for weeks and buried it with her. Tonight, look into the eyes of the dog next to you. Within them lies a story spanning tens of thousands of years. --- 📚 References Shipman, P. (2015). *The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction*. Harvard University Press. Janssens, L. et al. (2018). “A new look at an old dog: Bonn-Oberkassel reconsidered.” *Journal of Archaeological Science*, 92, 126-138. Nagasawa, M. et al. (2015). “Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds.” *Science*, 348(6232), 333-336. Trut, L. N. (1999). “Early Canid Domestication: The Farm-Fox Experiment.” *American Scientist*, 87(2), 160-169. Coppinger, R. & Coppinger, L. (2001). *Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution*. Scribner. Germonpré, M. et al. (2012). "Fossil dogs and wolves from Palaeolithic sites in Belgium, the Ukraine and Russia." *Journal of Archaeological Science*, 39(1), 184-202. --- Humanity's Library — A channel to revisit humanity's forgotten past