Credit to my fiance with a special interest in evolutionary biology and the history of human domestication of other species (and who is also currently HIGH AS HELL).
Credit to my fiance with a special interest in evolutionary biology and the history of human domestication of other species (and who is also currently HIGH AS HELL).
I thought we domesticated wolves (now dogs) after we had passed our nomad phase and were in our settlement phase (which we are still in now). I’m not certain, but I think the mammoth was already extinct at that time.
Also, I think dogs were generally trained to bring anything of importance back to us. For example, dogs also bring back wounded or dead prey. They still do for hunters today. So I think it’s a bit broader than what you’re describing :)
Dog domestication predates non-nomadic agriculture. https://www.pnas.org/cgl/doi/10.1073/pnas.0901586106
There were still some mammoths hanging around Siberia in 3000 BCE when the Pyramids were being built, long after agriculture was already becoming very prevalent in many cultures.
Your dog may bring back important items. My Shiba thinks it fun to play keep away!!