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All the modern breeds of dogs are descended from the prehistoric predator Tomarctus which existed during the early miocene period. It gave rise to four sub-species of Canis familiariswhich were then manipulated by human beings over the ages to produce the current breeds of dogs.
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Which two goups of animals have a more recent common ancestor?
Dogs and wolves have a more recent common ancestor.
That crocodiles share a common ancestor with bird dolphins and dog support your answer?
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.
Why is DNA of cats and dogs more similar than DNA of cats and hamsters?
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.
Are pitbulls descended from jackals?
All dogs, the families and the like, have a common ancestor. Their kind is very different to cats, elephants and fruits.
Name the last level at which dogs and humans shared a common ancestor?
The last common ancestor of dogs and humans lived approximately 95 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period. This ancestor was a small mammal that was neither a dog nor a human, but was a distant relative of both species.
Do crocodiles share a common ancestor with dogs?
That seems very likely since everything is interelated.
What common ancestor do two or more descendants share?
The common ancestor that two or more descendants share is a shared ancestor from whom they both or all descend.
What are male meerkats called?
Isn't a male meerkat called a dog since the meerkat shares a common ancestor with the domestic dogs and the wild cats? Dogs, cats, bears, hyenas and mongooses, including the meerkat share a common ancestor: the extinct miacis.
Which organisms have possible common ancestor?
All of them
Crocodiles share a common ancestor with birds dolphins and dogs?
Yes, if you go back far enough.
What was LU-CA?
LUCA stands for Last Universal Common Ancestor, the last organism that is the common ancestor of all life on Earth.
What is the common ancestor of the leopard and cheetah?
A bobcat is a specie of lynx, which is a member of the family Felidae or cat family.
