Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
it is the general belief that our dogs evolved from wolves.

read an article a few weeks back, on a modern experiment. don't recall all the minute details, but here's the gist.
the researchers got a bunch of wolves, and thru the years, chose from the offspring the one that seemed friendly, regardless of how it looked, bred it and followed the line down the road.
over the generations, they noticed that the next offspring was turning out to be the friendly family dog that we are so familiar with.
all they wanted was a friendlier animal. how the rest of the characteristics seemed to fall into place...
truly, evolution in process.
Yup, dogs and wolves are related. I am reminded of that whenever I see a husky. If you can share a link to that recent study, I would be interested.

Here's an interesting article. Reminds me of Jurassic Park!

Meet dire wolves Romulus and Remus, the first animals brought back from extinction after 1, years • PhilSTAR Life