Tow #15: The definite origin of dogs has now been found?

Something that immediately pulled me into this article, was the hook- ”Before humans milked cows, herded goats or raised hogs, before they invented agriculture, or written language, before they had permanent homes, and most certainly before they had cats, they had dogs.” This article by James Gorman, and his work in this article is truly intriguing to me. With the occasional hypophora and tests that back up the evidence, it seems as though the final and true answer as to where and when the dog originated from will finally be answered. It has come to the attention of the University of Oxford and University of Hampshire that dogs could actually have invented themselves. Now how could that be? There’s nothing to prove that... Upon further nation and basic research, ¼ of dogs around the world are actually pets. Most run rogue, attacking strangers, and passing along their rabies to humans. Yes, because dogs were ¼ pets, it had not proved much to myself or other scientists. That is until research of the animal’s bones came into view. Scientists had continued to go back years and years, examining the bones and structure of dogs compared to wolves. They were hoping to find evidence that could help settle the dispute of whether dogs had invented themselves. Soon enough they found that canines teeth, although similar, were NOT exact to wolves. Now the next step is to question, when and from whom they did come from? By taking two bigger steps, Dr. Wayne from University of California in Los Angeles, identified a skull about 32,000 years old from a Belgian cave in Goyet as an early dog. The evidence was clear now, as the wolves oldest bones were far different from the structure of this dog, what else was left to interpretation than factually based? As scientist are trying to find out more information based on how dogs lived and more in depth research about their ancestors, the answers only bring up new questions. James Gordan’s article has truly made me believe that dogs were never actually tamed wolves to begin with.