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Pet Dogs Became Dingoes
Once again, studies of mitochondrial DNA have revealed something interesting about the ancestral origins of species:
Aug. 3, 2004 — Dingoes, Australia’s wild dogs, are descended from Asian domesticated dogs, not wolves, according to international research.
[Discovery Channel News, reporting on this PNAS abstract]
I love stuff like this. It reminds us that we humans (and our domesticated pets, for that matter) are not the pinnacle of evolution. More bad-ass stuff is yet to come. Take a look at this dingo, for example. Do you think Lassie would have a chance in an all-out claws and fangs battle with this puppy?
Kind of makes you wonder what house cats are going to evolve into…
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May 22nd, 2009 at 9:36 am
Hi. I have a dog named Dingo everybody knows her as Dins though. We got her from the pound and she has turned into souch a lovely dog. She is 6 this year and i have taught her how to sit, stay, come, crawl, roll side to side and play dead. The only thing she dosen’t know is fetch. We called her Dingo because she looks like a dingo. I love dingoes they are beautiful and i love them. Dingo our dog is so placid she has never bitten of growled at anyone!