Hello.  Do you happen to have a dog?
I don't have a dog, but I heard they were the first species to be domesticated
Interesting.  I would have thought that some sort of livestock would have been the first to be domesticated.
Some have said that dog remains were buried next to humans 14,700 years ago
Yeah I wonder if they were as highly regarded as say cats in ancient Egyptian culture.  I can see them being important though since dogs are so useful.
I hear that Ancient Egypt is one of six historic civilizations that arose as an independent
As an independent what?
As an independent civilization