Funny, you don't look related [how did (extinct) Falkland Island wolf first get there?]

UCLA ^ | 12-Nov-2009 | Stuart Wolpert

[Pharmboy]

Floated in on an iceberg...could happen.

[Pharmboy]

Extinct wolf ping...and blam, this gives another way for early humans to get around, eh? If wolves could float on icebergs, why not Siberians getting to South America that way?? Have you heard of this before?

[rbosque]

The wolves got a ride from aliens.

[cripplecreek]

We really don’t know when the first boats or rafts appeared on the scene either. It may not have taken an iceberg.

[Mobties]

“The closet living relative of the maned wolf is the bush dog...”

Either these scientists haven’t learned to proofread or they’re floating a hoax.

[dog breath]

I am voting for them getting there due to defective Acme rocket packs. Wiley Coyote...oh never mind....

[matt1234]

Land bridge during period of lower ocean waters? The oceans have been rising since the last ice age.

[ClearCase_guy]

It seems to me that over the years, as we learned more about some fields of science -- like, say, chemistry or nuclear physics -- a lot of the mystery went out of it. Not all, mind you: there are still areas we don't understand and which we find baffling. But to a large extent, we have come to understand why nuclear physics is the way it is, or why chemical reactions have certain outcomes. As we collect data, our understanding deepens.

It seems to work the opposite way with evolution. As we collect data, we suddenly need to dream up explanations. A wolf on the Falklands? Maybe icebergs, maybe a land bridge, I dunno. The Pre-Cambrian Explosion?? I dunno, let's call it "punctuated equilibrium". Actual tissue from a T. Tex? Tissue which is, what? 60 million years old? Well ... I'll get back to you.

I do not think that our understanding of evolution is deepening. I think the tale is getting more and more complex and unsustainable.

[Pharmboy]

I think they ruled that out...but blam would likely know.

[blam]

"Land bridge during period of lower ocean waters? The oceans have been rising since the last ice age.

No.

Here is a map of the world with the depth of the oceans reduced a little more than 300 feet.

Maybe Homo Erectus took him there?

[blam]

"Have you heard of this before?"

No.

I woke the other morning about and idea. Many have speculated about the why, when and how humans began travelling by boat/raft.
My thought was, how many times would a person have to jump into the water to be saved from a large predator cat and grab a log for support before it struck them that living on a raft has a number of benefits.
Then, pretty soon, people are travelling all over the world on rafts/boats in very early times.

[aculeus]

bttt

[ColdWater]

What do you mean?

[Mobties]

Closet?

[Stultis]

It seems to me that over the years, as we learned more about some fields of science -- like, say, chemistry or nuclear physics [...] As we collect data, our understanding deepens.

It seems to work the opposite way with evolution. As we collect data, we suddenly need to dream up explanations. A wolf on the Falklands? Maybe icebergs, maybe a land bridge, I dunno.

I don't see how you attach that generalization to this case, where new data has honed our knowledge. No, we still don't know how this animal got onto this island originally, and probably never will. But, by clarifying the timeline, the new data has eliminated one hypothesis: that humans brought them. We also now know the closest relatives of this Canid.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Pharmboy.

Falklands Wolf First Appeared in North America, Researchers Say
The New York Times | 04 Nov 2009 | Henry Fountain
Posted on 11/05/2009 11:04:05 AM PST by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2379345/posts

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[martin_fierro]

Darwin was baffled by how this animal got on the islands

Ceiling Cat knows.

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