Basenji nau'in kare ya saba wa ɗan adam fiye da shekaru dubu shida. An tabbatar da hakan ta hanyar binciken archaeological. An samu kayayyakin tarihi da dama a lokacin nazarin kaburburan Masar na da. Siffai iri-iri, zane-zane, da akwatuna masu siffar karnuka, shaida ne kai tsaye na kusancin da ke tsakanin mutum, wancan lokacin, da kuma ɗan sarki, ƙawataccen kare.
#1 An gano gawarwakin dabbobin Fir'auna a cikin kabarin Tutankhamun.
Bincike ya nuna cewa gawarwakin na wani kare ne na wani kare dan Afirka, wanda ake kyautata zaton inda ya fito shi ne Afrika ta tsakiya. Dabbobin sun huta a cikin yadudduka masu ƙayatarwa, da kwalaben ado a wuyansu.
#2 Ƙabilun asali na Kongo, Laberiya, da Sudan sun yi amfani da hazakar waɗannan namomin da ba a saba gani ba don farauta.
Shekaru da dama ana ta cece-kuce game da ko menene ke haifar da banbancin irin na rashin iya yin hayaniya.
#3 An yi imani da cewa “suna tsalle sama da ƙasa” (sunan da kabilun ƙasar ke amfani da shi don zayyana irin nau'in) an kawo su azaman kyauta ga Masarawa.
Mazaunan ƙasar dala, tare da girmamawa ga dabbobin da ba a saba ba, suna la'akari da su masu kariya daga sojojin duhu. An girmama dabbobi har zuwa faduwar tsohuwar wayewar Girka.