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DNA hint of European origin for dogs
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| 14 November 2013 Last updated at 14:32 ET
| Jonathan Amos
Posted on 11/14/2013 7:55:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
11/14/2013 7:55:26 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
American indians had dogs too. Pretty sure those dogs did not originate in Europe 15,000 years ago.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:00:23 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(21st century. I'm not a fan.)
To: ClearCase_guy
Where did they get their horses?
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:02:27 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
And they don’t use deodorant or shave under their arms...
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:03:17 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: BenLurkin
Their horses came from the Spanish, but the dogs were here before the Spanish.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:06:57 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:09:30 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: ClearCase_guy
There is evidence that Europeans have gone to China 15,000 years ago or more, so it’s possible that the ancestors of Indians acquired them from Europeans.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:10:09 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: ClearCase_guy; BenLurkin
where did the moslems get camels and why are there no camels in america lesson learned or history repeats
To: BenLurkin
Well of course. My Great Pyrennes are among the closest breeds to wolves, among others.
To: BenLurkin
Man has created so many different looking dogs. A lhasa apso looks nothing like a greyhound. A Dachsund has no resemblance to a Pomeranian. All these dog breeds have evolved from one source..wolves! Just imagine if man could create such variety in 30,000 years or less, what can nature do in 1,000,000,000,000 years since origin of life on earth. No wonder there are Billions of different species on earth.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:23:29 PM PST
by
entropy12
(Zero thanks to all who stayed home and helped elect president Zero.)
To: bigheadfred
There are camels in America.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Llama_lying_down.jpg/800px-Llama_lying_down.jpg)
Llama, guanaco, vicuña and alpaca are all part of the camel family.
There were larger camels in North America in the past. They died out at the same time that a lot of other big animals went extinct.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:25:22 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: BenLurkin
Related to, and evolved from, are two different things.
Dogs did NOT evolve from wolves....that is ignorant.
There are still wolves. smh.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:28:48 PM PST
by
Lower55
To: entropy12
30,000? How about a thousand or less for most breeds. I doubt the Flintstones had a Chihuahua. (It was a little brontosaurus, wasn’t it, named Dino?)
Terriers from Scotland. Rotties from Germany. Bulldogs and bird dogs from England. All bred for specific purposes. Artificial selection, and over centuries, not millennium or epochs. Your point is well taken.
Long live dogs, mans best friends!
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:34:48 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: entropy12
To: tumblindice
I was trying to be generous. My point being species can change and evolve to suit needs and conditions.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:44:32 PM PST
by
entropy12
(Zero thanks to all who stayed home and helped elect president Zero.)
To: BenLurkin
God created man, then realized He made a mistake, so He made dog.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:51:07 PM PST
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: entropy12
OK, I’ll tell you what I told the jumper cables that came in other night:
Let’s not start nuthin .... just sayin’. Woof!
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:51:49 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Lower55
Not all wolves needed to evolve into dogs.
Tribes of primitive people befriended “friendly” wolves who hung around their huts because they usually received scraps of animals hunted for food. Those wolves did not need to hunt anymore, and became part of the people “pack”.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:52:26 PM PST
by
entropy12
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To: Shadowstrike
That is the most plausible explanation of the creation theory.
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posted on
11/14/2013 8:53:49 PM PST
by
entropy12
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To: entropy12
Tribes of primitive people befriended friendly wolves dogs who hung around their huts because they usually received scraps of animals hunted for food. Those wolves dogs did not need to hunt anymore, and became part of the people pack.
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