HOW CATS AND DOGS CONQUERED THE WORLD 2x52' 4K - a One Planet and Arte co-production

Today, 1billion dogs and 400 million cats populate the planet. But before humans created them, domestic dogs and cats did not exist in the wild. Through what incredible process did wolves turn into chihuahuas or wildcats into Siamese cats? And how did they conquer the world? The archaeologists, anthropologists, ethologists and geneticists who researched this matter came up with a great wealth of discoveries. The results of the latest scientific studies have completely overturned our knowledge of how cats and dogs have evolved through time and travelled across the planet… The domestication process of the wolf and the wildcat is one of the major events and dynamics in the history of humanity. It is crucial for fundamental research to precisely retrace the history of their domestication. Knowing more about these incredible stories will help us find out more about our own history.