http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/this-33000-year-old-skull-belonged-to-one-of-the-worlds-first-dogs/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/this-33000-year-old-skull-belonged-to-one-of-the-worlds-first-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-10100 C.S. Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:14:41 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=16220#comment-10100 Could be a wild dog, there are more types of wild dog than there are types of wolf. (Wild, not feral.) Besides that, a wolf is just a big dog with more teeth. Could be a wild dog, there are more types of wild dog than there are types of wolf. (Wild, not feral.)
Besides that, a wolf is just a big dog with more teeth.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/this-33000-year-old-skull-belonged-to-one-of-the-worlds-first-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-10070 Tim Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:46:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=16220#comment-10070 Peter--the way I understood the article, this dog-evolved-from-wolf could have gone extinct but may have evolved along the same path & with the same changes as later dogs-evolved-from-wolves. This means it would be very similar to modern dogs, because the method of domestication (which produced the changes) probably didn't change much between 100,000 years ago and 10,000 years go. Peter–the way I understood the article, this dog-evolved-from-wolf could have gone extinct but may have evolved along the same path & with the same changes as later dogs-evolved-from-wolves. This means it would be very similar to modern dogs, because the method of domestication (which produced the changes) probably didn’t change much between 100,000 years ago and 10,000 years go.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/this-33000-year-old-skull-belonged-to-one-of-the-worlds-first-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-9959 Peter Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:42:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=16220#comment-9959 If this ancient breed of dogs went extinct why would its DNA be more similar to DNA of contemporary dogs, allegedly altogether different evolutionary branch, than to DNA of the wolves? Shouldn't it be the other way around due to DNA divergence from wolves into different dog evolutionary branches? If this ancient breed of dogs went extinct why would its DNA be more similar to DNA of contemporary dogs, allegedly altogether different evolutionary branch, than to DNA of the wolves? Shouldn’t it be the other way around due to DNA divergence from wolves into different dog evolutionary branches?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/this-33000-year-old-skull-belonged-to-one-of-the-worlds-first-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-9896 Mike Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:35:39 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=16220#comment-9896 Interesting! I hope that everyone's Sunday is going great and safe! Interesting! I hope that everyone’s Sunday is going great and safe!

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