Re: Line breeding vs hybridization

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2001.06.28 at 23:33:27(6912) just finished reading this book by jared diamond, "guns, germs and steel." according to it, dingos were brought in from indonesia/southeast asia as domestic dogs (perhaps by people who did not stay or settle in australia), who then became feral and reverted to the wild. tsuh yang In a message dated Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:58:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Paul Tyerman writes: +More << Haven't Dingos been here in Australia longer than the white man? If that is the case then I doubt they are descendents of domestic dogs. If they ARE wild descendents, then how did they become so homogenous and distinct in only 200 years being wild? >>

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