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Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
The first animal to be tamed was _______.
Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
The first animal to be tamed was _______.
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Solution
The correct option is C The dog's wild ancestor
The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the dog because the dog is smaller in size and could
be easily kept. Also, it is an intelligent animals when it is compared with
other animals like goat, sheep and pig.
Firstly, studies indicate that an extinct Late Pleistocene wolf is the
nearest common ancestor to the dog, with modern wolves not
being the dog's direct ancestor.
This Taymyr Peninsula
wolf belonged to a population that had diverged from the ancestors of both modern wolves
and dogs.
The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the dog because the dog is smaller in size and could be easily kept. Also, it is an intelligent animals when it is compared with other animals like goat, sheep and pig.
Firstly, studies indicate that an extinct Late Pleistocene wolf is the
nearest common ancestor to the dog, with modern wolves not
being the dog's direct ancestor.
This Taymyr Peninsula wolf belonged to a population that had diverged from the ancestors of both modern wolves and dogs.
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