00:00Some 20 to 40,000 years back, there was this animal that you could call as a wolf.
00:08Not really a wolf, but related to wolves.
00:11You could call it a cousin to wolves.
00:14So this animal started coming closer to human settlements.
00:19Not all members of its species, but those members that were a little more calm by temperament.
00:30Less aggressive, a little friendlier, a little more docile.
00:34Even today, if you see the name for our common dog here, the pet is Canis familiaris.
00:43And that for the modern wolf is Canis lupus.
00:47So they come from the same family.
00:50This wolf-like creature that came close to humans, it started breeding.
00:55Evolution was at play.
00:56And after every successive generation, the characteristics of this animal kept changing by a little.
01:07It started wagging its tail, which wolves don't do.
01:10It started losing its weight and size.
01:15It started over thousands of years looking remarkably different from wolves.
01:23And it became adept at mingling with human beings.
01:27So it developed the ability to read human emotions.
01:32And it came to be known as dog.
01:34So in some sense, this species was born out of human touch, human relationship, human company.
01:42This is a very special species, the dog species.
01:46It didn't take birth really in the jungle.
01:48It was born around us and because of us.
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