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Anthropology

stopdiggin

(13,058 posts)

7. again, dead on

Reply to wnylib (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 27, 2024, 01:51 AM

Friday

wolves and (domestic) dogs - probably splitting off about 15 thousand ago, at most - which is a relative blip on the screen as far as breeding and genetics go. Likewise the 40-70 that separate us from Neanderthal. Other hand - coyotes and other species of wolves and wild canine, are probably much more distinct and distant ... And yet still capable interbreeding.

And I find all of this stuff (but particularly the anthro end of it) endlessly fascinating.
(from a thoroughly amateur vantage point)

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