▶ Your Answer : In this given set of materials, both the lecture and the reading deal with how, when, where dogs became domesticated. The lecturer challenges the reading passage's argument that there are three theories about the domestication of dogs. First of all, the reading argues that the dogs evolved from the wolves that was trained by human to help hunting. In contrast, the lecturer insists that the reading's argument is logically flawed. This is because there were difference between human and wolves in hunting styles. Furthermore, it's hard to train wolves because wolves are aggressive and dangerous. Secondly, the article states that the dog was domesticated more than 16,000 years ago. On the contrary, the speaker contends that the idea that the animal was domesticated 16,000 years ago is erroneous. The reason for this is that the footprints of dog were found and it was estimated that they are 26,000 years old. Finally, the author goes on to say that earliest dogs were found in China and there are genetic leves of variation in their place of origin. However, the professor contends that the notion that dogs first emerged in china and spread to other places does not make sense. This is because dogs were also found in other continents such as North America, Europe and Middle East. That meanst that there are distinct, different locations where earliest dogs were domesticated. In short, although the reading argues that there are three theories about domestication of dogs, the speaker keeps refuting the reading's argument by mentioning that it's hard to train wolves due to their hunting style and aggression, the older footprints of dogs were found and there are many different locations where dogs were domesticated. |