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Dogs: Time‑Mapped – The Rise and Fall

A ten‑minute visual journey tracing the domestication of dogs from ancient wolves to their worldwide cultural roles.

Chapters

0:07 From Wolves to Companions
0:51 Neolithic Bonds
2:00 Dogs in the Ancient Civilizations
3:27 Global Spread and Cultural Icons

On-screen text

0:07 From Wolves to Companions
0:24 Goyet dog skull, 31.7 k BP Historical record · Goyet Cave, Belgium (31,700 BP)
0:42 La Madeleine dog burial, 15 k BP Historical record · La Madeleine, France (15,000 BP)
0:51 Neolithic Bonds
0:58 Neolithic Bonds
1:15 Natufian dog burial, 12 k BP Historical record · Ein Gev I, Israel (12,000 BP)
1:33 Çatalhöyük dog figurine, 7.5 k BP Historical record · Çatalhöyük, Turkey (7,500 BP)
1:51 Koster dog remains, 8.5 k BP Historical record · Koster Site, Illinois (8,500 BP)
2:00 Dogs in the Ancient Civilizations
2:07 Dogs in the Ancient Civilizations
2:24 Sumerian tablet mentions dogs, 3 k BCE Historical record · Lagash tablet, 3rd millennium BCE
2:42 Egyptian tomb dogs, 1300 BCE Historical record · Tomb of Khnumhotep II, Beni Hasan, Egypt (c. 1300 BCE)
3:00 Iliad’s war dogs Tradition / scripture · Homer, Iliad, Book 2
3:18 Pliny on Molossian dogs Historical record · Pliny the Elder, Natural History, Book 8
3:27 Global Spread and Cultural Icons
3:34 Global Spread and Cultural Icons
3:51 Polynesian dog, 13th c Historical record · Easter Island dog remains, 13th century
4:09 Copán dog motif, 600 CE Historical record · Copán Stela A, Honduras (c. 600 CE)
4:27 Inca dog ceramic, 15th c Historical record · Inca pottery, Museo Larco, Peru (15th century)

Sources

Historical record: Altai Mountains, Russia (33,000 BP) · Goyet Cave, Belgium (31,700 BP) · La Madeleine, France (15,000 BP) · Ein Gev I, Israel (12,000 BP) · Çatalhöyük, Turkey (7,500 BP) · Koster Site, Illinois (8,500 BP) · Lagash tablet, 3rd millennium BCE · Tomb of Khnumhotep II, Beni Hasan, Egypt (c. 1300 BCE) · Pliny the Elder, Natural History, Book 8 · Zhokhov Island, Arctic Russia (9,500 BP) · Easter Island dog remains, 13th century · Copán Stela A, Honduras (c. 600 CE) · Inca pottery, Museo Larco, Peru (15th century)

Tradition / scripture: Homer, Iliad, Book 2

The Institute's interpretation: Aberdeen Bestiary, c. 1200

Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 82 s of CPU.

Scenes Hathor has no parts for yet (7) — the next things to make

Paleolithic hunters in a steppe camp, a dog lying beside a fire.
Paleolithic hunters in a steppe camp, a dog lying beside a fire.
Paleolithic hunters in a steppe camp, a dog lying beside a fire.
Arctic shoreline camp, hunters pulling a sled with a dog.
Arctic shoreline camp, hunters pulling a sled with a dog.
Illuminated manuscript page, a stylized dog chasing a hare.
Illuminated manuscript page, a stylized dog chasing a hare.