▶ Your Answer : According to the reading passage, there is
ample support for the author’s claim about how, when, and where dog became
domesticated. However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a
rebuttal to the author’s point.
First, the professor argues that the wolf
theory is hard to believe. There are a lot of evidence that proves that wolves
were hard to be trained by humans. They were so aggressive that the domestication
of wolves was dangerous for human beings. This counters the author’s claim that
wolves trained for hunting became dogs as time goes by.
Next, the professor insists that the suggestion
about when dogs were domesticated is wrong. There is one evidence that proves
dogs were absorbed into human communities much earlier. The side-by-side feet
traits made by one human boy and a dog implies that domestication of dogs was occurred
at least 20,000 years ago. The 16,000-years-ago theory is disproved by this and
now is an outdated argumentation. This casts a doubt on the author’s assertion that
the earliest dogs emerged about 16,000 years ago.
Finally, the professor contends that dogs
were domesticated in multiple areas not only in China. In fact, dogs were originated
in multiple spots all over the world like ancient Asia, Europe, North America,
and Middle East. This is because old traits showing the existence of dogs at
that time are scatters in these areas. Therefore, contemporary dogs are actually
having four different ancestors originated four different regions. This refutes
the author’s suggestion that genetic information gained by research show that
dogs first emerged in China. |