The first dogs were "camp followers", tolerated but not bred for companionship. For this reason, I think the carb gene came first. Those scavenging dogs with the "carb gene" were the ones who survived on the scraps.
Interesting Genetic Research Published on Dog Evolution
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tec
No it isn't, its just a made-up notion.
Cofty, I took it straight from a thesaurus. I was speaking only of the word itself.
I did agree that genus and/or species is the proper scientific term.
Peace,
tammy
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Deputy Dog
Sorry jgnat
I think I posted the wrong link. here's the right one: http://projectcoyote.org/newsreleases/news_eastern.html
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tornapart
Cofty, no they are not the same 'kind'. What human would want to mate with a gorilla or chimpanzee? Far less produce offspring! Regardless of whether science has produced 'evidence' that man and apes come from a common ancestor.
Humans weren't even classified as being in the same family as apes until a few decades ago.
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cofty
Cofty, I took it straight from a thesaurus. - Tammy
Why would you do that?
In the context of science there is no such thing as a "kind".
If I start breeding dogs who are better able to digest starch and sugars than most breeds do today and I succeed, does that mean evolution has taken place? - Deputy Dog
Artificial selection is a special case. Dog and pigeon breeding gave Darwin lots of insights into natural selection.
Evolution is the change in the genomes of a population over time. The mutations are random, the differential survival of those mutations is not random.
As changes in an isolated group accumulate you eventually end up with a population that can no longer breed with the descendants of their common ancestor.
When I say "eventually" I mean many hundreds or even thousands of generations.
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jgnat
DD, it would most likely be interbreeding between the red wolf and the coyote, then. If the red wolf population was getting desperately small, interbreeding with the smaller coyote is one way to carry on the "family name".
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cofty
Regardless of whether science has produced 'evidence' that man and apes come from a common ancestor. - tornapart
It has - irrefutable evidence.
Until you have studied it carefully you don't qualify for an opinion.
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Deputy Dog
As changes in an isolated group accumulate you eventually end up with a population that can no longer breed with the descendants of their common ancestor.
When I say "eventually" I mean many hundreds or even thousands of generations.
I don't think that's what has happened in this case. It remains to be seen in dogs and wolves.
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Deputy Dog
DD, it would most likely be interbreeding between the red wolf and the coyote, then. If the red wolf population was getting desperately small, interbreeding with the smaller coyote is one way to carry on the "family name".
Maybe one of many ways where wolves, dogs, and coyotes are concerned. Canines are very diverse.
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tornapart
cofty: Until you have studied it carefully you don't qualify for an opinion.
Thanks... I'll keep my mouth shut then....