{"id":282240,"date":"2023-05-10T09:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polishscience.pl\/?p=282240"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:48:13","slug":"dog-discovery-by-scientists-from-wroclaw-university-of-life-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/dog-discovery-by-scientists-from-wroclaw-university-of-life-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog discovery by scientists from Wroc\u0142aw University of Life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers at the Wroc\u0142aw University of Life Sciences have demonstrated that the breeding of small brachycephalic (short-muzzled) dogs occurred as far back as ancient Rome. Studies of the skull of a dog from 2 000 years ago indicate that it most resembled a French bulldog in appearance. The animal was treated well and was buried with humans, the university&#8217;s website reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discovery of the remains of a dog with such anatomy brings a lot of valuable information. The morphology of the dog whose skeleton was found in the ruins of ancient Tralleis resembles that of the French bulldog, a modern companion dog. It was meant to accompany its handler, sharing a fairly comfortable life with him, rather than being a utility dog, as is known from the available Roman literature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The animal was probably cared for not only during its life, but also after death. Examination of the skeleton has shown that the animal was treated exceptionally well, which distinguishes it from other uncovered remains of working dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/upwr.edu.pl\/aktualnosci\/rzymianie-jako-pierwsi-hodowali-brachycefaliczne-rasy-psow---dowiedli-tego-archeozoologowie-upwr-4055.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/upwr.edu.pl\/aktualnosci\/rzymianie-jako-pierwsi-hodowali-brachycefaliczne-rasy-psow&#8212;dowiedli-tego-archeozoologowie-upwr-4055.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the Wroc\u0142aw University of Life Sciences have demonstrated that the breeding of small brachycephalic (short-muzzled) dogs occurred as far back as ancient Rome. Studies of the skull of a dog from 2 000 years ago indicate that it most resembled a French bulldog in appearance. The animal was treated well and was buried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":282148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282250,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282240\/revisions\/282250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polishscience.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}