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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

A Wikipedia scan by a layman (me) seems to say that is something that happened after their divergence from a common ancestor.

The dog’s similarity to the grey wolf is the result of substantial dog-into-wolf gene flow,[3] with the modern grey wolf being the dog’s nearest living relative.

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samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You are correct. The ancestor of the modern dog is a now-extinct gray wolf different from the ones around today.

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sik0fewl@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The same article says they are the same species (different subspecies) 🤷‍♂️.

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peoplebeproblems@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
How is that an upper-limit for domestication?

Couldn’t, theoretically, domestication of the ancestor wolves cause the divergence?

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