Do you know about the history of dogs?
No but i love dogs, such cool animals.
The closest living relative of the dog is the extant gray wolf and there is no evidence of any other canine contributing to it's genetic lineage.
Oh wow thats quite cool, i didnt know that about dogs.
Dire wolf
The dire wolf ("Canis dirus", "fearsome dog") is an extinct species of the genus "Canis". It is one of the most famous prehistoric carnivores in North America, along with its extinct competitor, the sabre-toothed cat "Smilodon fatalis". The dire wolf lived in the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs (125,000–9,500 years ago). The species was named in 1858, four years after the first specimen had been found. Two subspecies are recognized:
the gray wolf is the closest living relative of the dog, with no evidence of any other canine species having contributed. Attempting to reconstruct the dog's lineage through the phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences from modern dogs and wolves has given conflicting results for several reasons. Firstly, studies indicate that an extinct Late Pleistocene wolf is the nearest common ancestor to the dog, with modern wolves not being the dog's direct ancestor. Secondly, the genetic divergence between the dog and modern wolves occurred over a short period of time, so