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**surefireinvest** · 06-23-2011, 05:39 AM

Dogs and wolves are the same exact species (Canis Lupus). They've only been separated for a measly 15,000 years.

I'm pulling the following out my ass but it makes sense since our species left Africa between 125K and 60K years ago and our average life-span is about 4-5x that of wolves/dogs so it makes sense...

There's probably more genetic difference between a Korean and a Nigerian than between a wolf and a dog. At the very least, the Korean's ancestors were separated from the ancestors of the Nigerian AT LEAST as many generations as dogs are separated from wolves.

I don't think most people realize that Fido is a wolf through and through.

It goes a bit further than that, Neanderthals left africa 600 000 years ago, and we now know they managed to interbreed with Homo Sapiens half a million years later just fine.

Also Wolves can interbreed with Coyotes.

06-23-2011, 05:39 AM	#23
surefireinvest Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 392 Senior Member	Dogs and wolves are the same exact species (Canis Lupus). They've only been separated for a measly 15,000 years. I'm pulling the following out my ass but it makes sense since our species left Africa between 125K and 60K years ago and our average life-span is about 4-5x that of wolves/dogs so it makes sense... There's probably more genetic difference between a Korean and a Nigerian than between a wolf and a dog. At the very least, the Korean's ancestors were separated from the ancestors of the Nigerian AT LEAST as many generations as dogs are separated from wolves. I don't think most people realize that Fido is a wolf through and through. It goes a bit further than that, Neanderthals left africa 600 000 years ago, and we now know they managed to interbreed with Homo Sapiens half a million years later just fine. Also Wolves can interbreed with Coyotes.
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