wolves? jackles? coyotes? or the mixture of all of them?
i believe that its wolves or possibly the mixture of all of them. they're all capable of producing offsprings, so the chromosomes all work out, right? anyways, selective breeding came from thousands and thousands of years. i think its quite possible that dogs came from wolves..
2007-07-25 20:38:10 · 7 answers · asked by i♥mybichonfrise 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I read an article a while back that they did DNA testing of 400 breeds of dogs. They all were traced back to wolves of south east Asia. They believe the wolves were domesticated some 15,000 years ago. It means my Pit, your Poodle or German Shepard all have a common ancestor. An Asian wolf.
2007-07-26 17:38:14 · answer #1 · answered by Tin Can Sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I've read, the dogs we have today have been bred from mixing the different breeds to provide dogs that will bark when strangers come around. Dogs actually became domesticated about 3000 years ago or more. The first dogs were actually wolves in North America regions, and jackels or hyena in the african/asia regions. The food in mans campsites/cave dwellings attracted the wolf. This is how the dog became domesticated. It wasn't long before wolves were domesticated and bred for dogs that would bark to alert the family or tribe of impending danger. Some dogs still have it bred into them to bark all the time. Today we call some of them rat terriers. The dog has a long history of breeds and origins, one good book to read about dogs is How To Speak Dog by Stanley Coren. It speaks of the "genesis" of the dog. And it also talks of how dogs have their language and how to understand it. Another good book is Ceaser's Way by Ceaser Millan which talks about how dogs interact with humans and their own species. Both are invaluable tools in the natures of dogs and how they relate with one another and their human counterparts.
2007-07-25 21:08:48 · answer #2 · answered by Linda S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a debateable subject.
Personally, I think they came from different species of wild dog.. thru selective breeding and cross breeding we have produced dogs with traits you dont see in the wild.
Alot of people try to say that all dogs came from the wolf. Explain Chinese Cresteds then. They have a DOMINANT hairless gene. Show me a hairless wolf, and I may believe that one... Its believed that the Cresteds, and some other hairless breeds, descended from the African Hairless Dog... which prooves to me that dogs descended from different species.. what breed.. and what area its originated from may depend on the specie that it originated from.
2007-07-25 20:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nekkid Truth! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the wolves. in the old caveman days, thats all they had we're wolves. they trained them. in return the dogs protected man, while man fed the creature in thanks. and from there it kept evolving. and jackles and coyotes are still wild.
2007-07-25 20:47:57 · answer #4 · answered by Rianne R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think is't actually been proved that they descended from wolves through DNA and science
TO COMMENTS BELOW MINE: I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING OF DOGS THAT ARE DOMESTIC AUSTRALIAN/AMERICAN OR NOT, THE CHINESE CRESTED DOESN'T ORIGINATE FROM AUSTRALIA AND SO I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT EVOLVED TO HAVE NO HAIR IN ORDER TO SUIT IT'S OWN ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS CAN EVOLVE QUITE QUICKLY AND CHANGE THEIR DNA PATTERNS OVER TIME, BUT IN RELATION TO THE CHINESE CRESTED, IF YOU DO GET ANY INFO ON HOW THEY EVOLVED I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO KNOW
2007-07-25 20:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by Belinda 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf.
2007-07-25 20:46:03 · answer #6 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you
read this story its interesting:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4965516.stm
2007-07-25 20:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋