RACE CE for How it All Began: The Origins of the Human-Animal Bond (Purina Institute Global Summit 2026)

This quiz is for on-demand attendees of the presentation “How it All Began: The Origins of the Human-Animal Bond” by Dr. James Serpell as part of the Purina Institute Global Summit 2026, “Proactive, Not Reactive: Changing the Care Paradigm.” In order to obtain your RACE certificate for 0.5 CE hours, you must get a score of 80% or higher. You can retake the quiz as needed to pass.

This presentation is eligible for RACE credit through 22-Apr 2028.

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According to current evidence, dogs were probably domesticated from grey wolves (Canis l. lupus):

More than 100,00 years ago

Less than 10,000 years ago

During the Neolithic period

Between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago

None of the above

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According to current evidence, cats were probably domesticated from African wildcats (Felis s. libyca):

More than 20,000 years ago

Between 2,000 and 10,000 years ago

Less than 2,000 years ago

During the last Ice Age

None of the above

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Both wolves and wildcats essentially domesticated themselves by invading and occupying early human settlements in search of food resources. True or false?

Probably true

Probably false

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Which of the following pose significant challenges to the “Commensal Scavenger” theory of wolf (dog) domestication? (More than one answer can be correct.)

Wolves rarely scavenge around human settlements

Paleolithic human populations were too small to create a stable ecological niche for scavenging wolves.

Wolves that lose their fear of humans are potentially dangerous.

Scavenging wolves posed a major risk to domestic livestock.

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Which of the following pose significant challenges to the “Rodent Control” theory of wildcat (cat) domestication? (More than one answer can be correct.)

Neolithic and post-Neolithic villages almost invariably included dogs—a significant physical barrier to invasion and occupation by wildcats.

Wildcats are too shy and fearful to enter human settlements voluntarily, even after dark.

Under natural conditions, wildcats obtain most of their food by preying on small birds, reptiles and invertebrates rather than rodents.

Wildcats are too aggressively territorial to share their hunting ranges with other cats.

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As a species, humans are especially prone to adopting and caring for the young of other animals because:

They are instinctively attracted to the physical characteristics of both human and nonhuman infants.

They fail to discriminate strongly between their own and other infants.

Compared with most other primate species, they commonly engage in cooperative child care.

All of the above

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