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Dog
The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammilian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in human history. The word "dog" may also mean the male of a canine species, as opposed to the word "bitch" for the female of the species. The present lineage of dogs was domesticated from gray wolves about 15,000 years ago. Remains of domesticated dogs have been found in Siberia and Belgium from about 33,000 years ago. None of these early domestication lineages seem to have survived the Last Glacial Maximum. Although mDNA suggest a split between dogs and wolves around 100,000 years ago no specimens predate 33,000 years ago that are clearly morphologically domesticated dog. Dogs' value to early human hunter-gatherers led to them quickly becoming ubiquitous across world cultures. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "Man's Best Friend" in the Western world. In some cultures, dogs are also source of meat. In 2001, there were estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world. Most breeds of dogs are at most a few hundred years old, having been artificially selected for particular morphologies and behaviors by people for specific functional roles. Through this selective breeding, the dog has developed into hundreds of varied breeds, and shows more behavioral and morphological variation than any other land mammal. For example, height measured to the withers ranges from a 2 inches (51 mm) in the Chihuahua to a 2 feet (0.61 m) in the Irish Wolfhound; color varies from white through grays (usually called "blue") to black, and browns from light (tan) to dark ("red" or "chocolate") in a wide variation of patterns; coats can be short or long, coarse-haired to wool-like, straight, curly, or smooth. It is common for most breeds to shed this coat.
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CLAVUS : DANSEURS ET ANIMAUX
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Coptic language
- North Africa
- Textile
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- Date:
- 7th century
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chiens et caprinés
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Coptic language
- North Africa
- Textile
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Frieze
- Goat-antelope
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- Date:
- 11th century
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Goldsmith
- Iron Age
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- Designation:
- coupe
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Goldsmith
- Iron Age
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- Designation:
- coupe
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Ivory
- Middle Ages
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- tau | tau de Jumièges
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- Date:
- 11th century
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Satyre attaqué par un chien
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Punishment
- Satyr
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- Date:
- 1st century
- Ancient Rome
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
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- Designation:
- lampe
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Bellicus
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Epigraphy
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anvil
- Blacksmith
- Capital (architecture)
- Cat
- Column
- Dog
- …
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- Date:
- 2nd century
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Stèle d'une femme assise dans son fauteuil
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Basket weaving
- Dog
- Fauteuil
- Overcoat
- Salix viminalis
- Vase
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- Date:
- 3rd century
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Stèle d'une femme
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Belief
- Gallo-Roman culture
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 2nd century
- 3rd century
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Vallée de la Meuse / GIVET - Attelage de Chiens Ardennais
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Philately
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Givet
- Serviceman
- Street
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Attelage Ardennais
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ardennes (department)
- Boy
- Dog
- Girl
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Les Ardennes illustrées/5. - Laitières
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
- Transport
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ardennes (department)
- Dog
- Folk costume
- Milk
- Shawl
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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491. - NICE. - Promenade des Anglais et Jetée-Promenade
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Casino
- Dog
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Mediterranean Sea
- Nice
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- Date:
- 20th century
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SAINT MARTIN, / EVEQUE DE TOURS (titre inscrit, français,...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Amiens
- Armour
- Bishop
- Book
- Catherine of Alexandria
- Communion (Christian)
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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VIE ET DEBAUCHE / DE L'ENFANT PRODIGUE. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boy
- Broom
- Calf
- Dog
- Domestic pig
- Domestic worker
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- Date:
- 19th century
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