Posted on 01/16/2014 9:01:52 PM PST by Fractal Trader
Dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestor between 11,000 and 34,000 years ago, according to new research.
U.S. scientists said that part of the genetic overlap observed between some modern dogs and wolves is the result of interbreeding after dog domestication and not a direct line of descent from one group of wolves. They believe their research reflects a more complicated history than the popular story that early farmers adopted a few docile, friendly wolves that later became our modern canine companions.
Dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestor between 11,000 and 34,000 years ago but modern canines are more closely related to each other than to wolves, according to new research
Dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestor between 11,000 and 34,000 years ago but modern canines are more closely related to each other than to wolves, according to new research Instead, the earliest dogs may have first lived among hunter-gatherer societies and adapted to agricultural life later, according to the study which is published in the journal PLoS Genetics.
Researchers from the University of Chicago said that dogs are more closely related to each other than to wolves, regardless of geographic origin as they do not descend from a single line of wolves.
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thank you so much for sharing that picture with me.
Add Norwegian Elkhound.
What does THAT mean?
Just a variation on that “+1” thing done in some forums when one person agrees with another’s post. Reads “plus infinity squared” in longhand; just a bit of hyperbole on my part.
Is that really necessary?
Coincidentally milkbones were invented between 11,000 and 34,000 years ago.
And to this very day the iconic Chinese dog is called a Chow.
(Why are there no Mein Streets in Chinatown???)
Have you forgotten that it's a dog eat dog world?
Might be closer to the truth than you’d think, though I could quibble on the details. (The good bishop got a little TOO speculative there, methinks.)
Why we should even expect to see the original 7 day creation world is beyond me. It had continuity with the Garden of Eden, which is now out of view.
We could call it a two-universe theory.
Anyone who doubts mammal aren’t descended from dinosaurs, hasn’t seen my Akita yawn.
Makes perfect sense. Figured they were too close for happenstance. But then I’m a Basset Hound sorta guy. But I surely appreciate the sheer grace and power of a Sheppard.
If presidents can be aliens then so can dogs. ( maybe that’s why he eats them , too?)
Chihuahuadon?
Glad to see this thread. Based on the extreme differences in physical qualities between all the various breeds - it’s not impossible to believe that human ancestors domesticated dozens of wild ‘canines’ that are now extinct.
Hard to believe that primitive humans, on all the different continents; with the range of climate, terrain, flora and fauna, discovered and domesticated just the one grey wolf.
Duh.
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