Article Comprehension Questions:
The Evolution of Human Society and the Domestication of Dogs
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Article #2
a. What are Neanderthals?
b. When did Neanderthals appear on Earth? When did they disappear/become extinct?
c. What was the relationship between modern humans and Neanderthals?
d. Where did modern humans and Neanderthals live?
e. How does Professor Shipman argue that wolves became domesticated and how did this
effect Neanderthals?
f. What is a different theory of the domestication of wolves?
Article #3
a. How many human cultures exist without dogs playing a central role in their culture?
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b. What is the difference between “village dogs” and “breed dogs”?
c. What do “village dogs” and “breed dogs” share?
d. Over time, how did dogs facilitate the movement and survival of people?
e. How does this article illustrate the role that science, such as genetic mapping, plays in the
study of history?
Article #4
a. What are two historic examples of humans trying to eliminate wolf populations?
b. What happened to the other large carnivores (not wolves) that lived in Europe 40,000
years ago?
c. How do the authors describe the way that wolves evolved to live with humans? (What
qualities of wolves began to change?)
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d. What advantages did groups of people living with domesticated dogs have over people
without dogs?
e. What is the primary argument, or thesis, that the authors propose?
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