Yep, dogs were wolves.
OK, so you probably think you already
know this: way back in history, there were no dogs, but there were some wolves who
evolved to become dogs.
Now some scientists have nailed
it down a bit: a journal report (Science)
says a massive study of dog and wolf DNA confirms that some kinder, gentler wolves
in Europe started to become dog-like between 19,000 and 32,000 years ago. In terms
of geologic, evolutionary time frames, that's a few days before yesterday….
The dog is the first animal to be
domesticated by men and women. Some scientists suggest that some wolves—maybe they
were wimpy, maybe more friendly, maybe they liked the smell of phosphatherium bacon—made
repeated contact with Cro-Magnon types, maybe it was the macho C-M bunch who got a kick out
of throwing a bone to the wolves prowling in the flashing shadows of the campfire….maybe
man and wolf started sharing a kill here or there, maybe the wolves started sounding
off when the nasty marauding tribe or the predators came too near….
Or, maybe, maybe, there was some
wolf pack with a jones for dancing, and the brutes just didn't know how to do it,
and they spotted this Cro-Magnon guy groovin' in the field, and….
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