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Learn about evolution and the scientific process from a creationist, a professor, and a young scientist -- all of whom are dogs. Special guest appearance by Chewie from Savy Writes Books, author of the Furever Home Friends series featuring rescue dogs!
The evolution debate no one has been asking for. A Young Earth Creationist debates Professor Sweater-Vest. Did Mom create doggos in her perfect image of cuteness and love, or did humans tame wild wolves?
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Credits Remix by Quantopix: whyrecord.com/artist/Quantopix
Sources:
Clutton-Brock, Juliet (1995). "2-Origins of the dog". In Serpell, James (ed.). The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People. Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–20. ISBN 978-0-521-41529-3. books.google.com/books?id=I8HU_3ycrrEC&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false
Futuyma, D. J., & Kirkpatrick, M. (2018). Evolution. Sinauer Associates. (p. 150) drive.google.com/file/d/1bL4-qiJ84NiMtPiTzuNx3XII0h3TdxHW/view?usp=sharing
Bergström et al. (2020). "Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs". Science. 370 (#6516): 557–564. doi:10.1126/science.aba9572
Irving-Pease E.K., Ryan H., Jamieson A., Dimopoulos E.A., Larson G., Frantz L.A.F. (2018) Paleogenomics of Animal Domestication. In: Lindqvist C., Rajora O. (eds) Paleogenomics. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/46323/Frantz%20Paleogenomics%20of%20Animal%202018%20Accepted.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Thalmann O., Perri A.R. (2018) Paleogenomic Inferences of Dog Domestication. In: Lindqvist C., Rajora O. (eds) Paleogenomics. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/13836_2018_27
Francis Galibert, Pascale Quignon, Christophe Hitte, Catherine André, Toward understanding dog evolutionary and domestication history, Comptes Rendus Biologies, Volume 334, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-196, ISSN 1631-0691, doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.011. (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631069110003008)
Vladimir V. Pitulko, Aleksey K. Kasparov, Archaeological dogs from the Early Holocene Zhokhov site in the Eastern Siberian Arctic, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 13, 2017, Pages 491-515, ISSN 2352-409X, doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.04.003. (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16303157)
Ostrander, E. A., Wang, G. D., Larson, G., vonHoldt, B. M., Davis, B. W., Jagannathan, V., Hitte, C., Wayne, R. K., Zhang, Y. P., & Dog10K Consortium (2019). Dog10K: an international sequencing effort to advance studies of canine domestication, phenotypes and health. National science review, 6(4), 810–824. doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz049 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776107
knowyourdoodles.com/why-are-doodles-so-popular
biologyofbehavior.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/are-dogs-and-wolves-the-same-species
rover.com/blog/wolf-vs-dog-whats-difference
schertzanimalhospital.com/blog/dogs-and-wolves
petmd.com/8-differences-between-dogs-and-wolves-0
MAIN SOURCE FOR JESSICA smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-wolves-really-became-dogs-180970014
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dog-gazes-hijack-brains-maternal-bonding-system-180955019
proquest.com/docview/2656495193/8FF9D34F8C60432APQ/1?accountid=12861
iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/no-dogs-dont-love-you-5x-more-cats-do
History of life on Earth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_life#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20life%20on,emerged%20prior%20to%203.7%20Ga.
Sexual Reproduciton: theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/11/how-do-single-celled-organisms-have-sex/617072
Skin colors: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/human-skin-color-variation/modern-human-diversity-skin-color#:~:text=Yet%20when%20a%20certain%20amount,sunlight%20developed%20lighter%20skin%20color.
Crop “guided evolution”: vox.com/2014/10/15/6982053/selective-breeding-farming-evolution-corn-watermelon-peaches
Re-domesticating wolves accidentally? science.org/content/article/are-some-wolves-being-redomesticated-dogs?cookieSet=1
Raising wolves as dogs: gizmodo.com/what-happens-to-wolves-when-theyre-raised-like-dogs-1796458238
Socialization window: wonderopolis.org/wonder/Can-Wolves-Be-Tamed
nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/dogs_are_not_domesicated_wolves
scientificamerican.com/article/how-wolf-became-dog
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mutation-that-gave-us-tiny-dogs-found-in-ancient-wolves-180979467
Learn about evolution and the scientific process from a creationist, a professor, and a young scientist -- all of whom are dogs. Special guest appearance by Chewie from Savy Writes Books, author of the Furever Home Friends series featuring rescue dogs!
The evolution debate no one has been asking for. A Young Earth Creationist debates Professor Sweater-Vest. Did Mom create doggos in her perfect image of cuteness and love, or did humans tame wild wolves?
Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/badastra
Facebook: facebook.com/BadAstraChannel
Tiktok: BadAstraOfficial
Twitter: @BadAstraChannel
Instagram: bad_astra
Check out Savy's Channel! youtube.com/c/SAVYLEISER
Thank you to Gail Gallagher for our theme music! gailgallaghermusic.com
Credits Remix by Quantopix: whyrecord.com/artist/Quantopix
Sources:
Clutton-Brock, Juliet (1995). "2-Origins of the dog". In Serpell, James (ed.). The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People. Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–20. ISBN 978-0-521-41529-3. books.google.com/books?id=I8HU_3ycrrEC&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false
Futuyma, D. J., & Kirkpatrick, M. (2018). Evolution. Sinauer Associates. (p. 150) drive.google.com/file/d/1bL4-qiJ84NiMtPiTzuNx3XII0h3TdxHW/view?usp=sharing
Bergström et al. (2020). "Origins and genetic legacy of prehistoric dogs". Science. 370 (#6516): 557–564. doi:10.1126/science.aba9572
Irving-Pease E.K., Ryan H., Jamieson A., Dimopoulos E.A., Larson G., Frantz L.A.F. (2018) Paleogenomics of Animal Domestication. In: Lindqvist C., Rajora O. (eds) Paleogenomics. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/46323/Frantz%20Paleogenomics%20of%20Animal%202018%20Accepted.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Thalmann O., Perri A.R. (2018) Paleogenomic Inferences of Dog Domestication. In: Lindqvist C., Rajora O. (eds) Paleogenomics. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/13836_2018_27
Francis Galibert, Pascale Quignon, Christophe Hitte, Catherine André, Toward understanding dog evolutionary and domestication history, Comptes Rendus Biologies, Volume 334, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-196, ISSN 1631-0691, doi.org/10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.011. (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631069110003008)
Vladimir V. Pitulko, Aleksey K. Kasparov, Archaeological dogs from the Early Holocene Zhokhov site in the Eastern Siberian Arctic, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 13, 2017, Pages 491-515, ISSN 2352-409X, doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.04.003. (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16303157)
Ostrander, E. A., Wang, G. D., Larson, G., vonHoldt, B. M., Davis, B. W., Jagannathan, V., Hitte, C., Wayne, R. K., Zhang, Y. P., & Dog10K Consortium (2019). Dog10K: an international sequencing effort to advance studies of canine domestication, phenotypes and health. National science review, 6(4), 810–824. doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz049 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6776107
knowyourdoodles.com/why-are-doodles-so-popular
biologyofbehavior.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/are-dogs-and-wolves-the-same-species
rover.com/blog/wolf-vs-dog-whats-difference
schertzanimalhospital.com/blog/dogs-and-wolves
petmd.com/8-differences-between-dogs-and-wolves-0
MAIN SOURCE FOR JESSICA smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-wolves-really-became-dogs-180970014
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dog-gazes-hijack-brains-maternal-bonding-system-180955019
proquest.com/docview/2656495193/8FF9D34F8C60432APQ/1?accountid=12861
iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/no-dogs-dont-love-you-5x-more-cats-do
History of life on Earth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_life#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20life%20on,emerged%20prior%20to%203.7%20Ga.
Sexual Reproduciton: theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/11/how-do-single-celled-organisms-have-sex/617072
Skin colors: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/human-skin-color-variation/modern-human-diversity-skin-color#:~:text=Yet%20when%20a%20certain%20amount,sunlight%20developed%20lighter%20skin%20color.
Crop “guided evolution”: vox.com/2014/10/15/6982053/selective-breeding-farming-evolution-corn-watermelon-peaches
Re-domesticating wolves accidentally? science.org/content/article/are-some-wolves-being-redomesticated-dogs?cookieSet=1
Raising wolves as dogs: gizmodo.com/what-happens-to-wolves-when-theyre-raised-like-dogs-1796458238
Socialization window: wonderopolis.org/wonder/Can-Wolves-Be-Tamed
nature.com/scitable/blog/accumulating-glitches/dogs_are_not_domesicated_wolves
scientificamerican.com/article/how-wolf-became-dog
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mutation-that-gave-us-tiny-dogs-found-in-ancient-wolves-180979467
