All Dogs go to the Dinner Table

Apparently dogs weren't always "man's best friend." Instead dogs have been traced back for something different, food.

There has been a study which is the largest study of its kind involving figuring out what dogs were meant for originally when involved with humans. Peter Savolainen of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm led the way with his team discovering maybe not the expected answer. Some may think dogs are your helper, protector and hunter. According to these studies you may be surprised.

According to Nicholas Wade who wrote In Taming Dogs, Humans May Have Sought a Meal, the team discovered that all dogs trace back to one lineage which was a local population of wolves. The study traces back to about 11,000-14,000 years ago where humans first settled. These wolves would go around the settlements into the humans garbage. Once they were tamed the dogs would lead to food for the humans. It became a tradition that didn't last long but the dogs were part of the everyday meal.

This may have not lasted so long because of all the qualities a dog has that can help out a settlement. Or who knows maybe it was the humans who couldn't get enough of those luvable puppy eyes and would rather have the dogs be man's best friend.