Dogs are closely related to the wolves. In fact, they are the same species.
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wolves
the grey wolf
Dingos, wolfs,
Dogs and wolves have a more recent common ancestor.
the wolf or the wolfs
chimpanzee
All living things have ancestors.
Cats and dogs have a more recent common ancestor in evolutionary history compared to cats and hamsters. This means that they have had less time for genetic differences to accumulate, resulting in more similar DNA between cats and dogs than cats and hamsters.
Crocodiles and birds share a common ancestor. This can be seen by comparing the internal anatomy of the two. Dogs and Dolphins also have a common ancestor. Their skeletons again are both distinctly mammillian. The ancestor of dogs and dolphins and the ancestor of birds and crocodiles will again share a common ancestor, but you will need to go much further back. I am not sure of the timescales but we are talking tens to hundreds of million years.
Wolves did. Dogs diverged from the ancestor Wolves.
Wolves did. Dogs diverged from the ancestor Wolves.