Mary Allen
Chiyambi: Mbiri ya Canine Domestication
Kuweta agalu ndi chimodzi mwa zitsanzo zakale kwambiri komanso zofunikira kwambiri pakuweta nyama. Agalu akhala akuwetedwa ndi kuphunzitsidwa kuti agwire ntchito zosiyanasiyana kwa anthu, kuphatikizapo kusaka, kuweta, kusunga, ndi bwenzi. Mbiri yoweta agalu imatha kuyambira zaka 15,000 mpaka nthawi ya Paleolithic pomwe anthu adayamba kupanga ubale wogwirizana ndi mimbulu.
Agalu Oyamba Kuweta M'nyumba: Kuti Ndipo Liti?
Nthawi yeniyeni ndi malo omwe agalu oyambirira amaweta akadali nkhani yotsutsana pakati pa ochita kafukufuku. Chiphunzitso chodziwika kwambiri ndi chakuti agalu anayamba kuŵetedwa ku Middle East zaka 15,000 zapitazo. Izi zimachokera ku umboni wofukulidwa m'mabwinja wa zotsalira za galu zomwe zimapezeka m'derali komanso kusanthula kwa majini a galu amakono. Komabe, akatswiri ena amatsutsa kuti agalu ayenera kuti anawetedwa okha m’madera osiyanasiyana a dziko lapansi, monga ku China kapena ku Ulaya. Agalu omwe amadziwika kwambiri ndi agalu a Saluki, omwe adachokera ku Igupto wakale zaka 5,000 zapitazo.