▶ Your Answer :
In the reading
passage, there is ample support for the author’s claim that domestication of
dogs can be explained. However, in the lecture, the professor gives several
reasons as a rebuttal to the author’s point.
First, the
professor contends that people would not have adopted wolves since they had different
hunting styles. People usually made traps and hided while hunting but wolves
chased down the prey. And it would have been difficult to train wolves because
wolves become more aggressive when they get older. This counts doubt on the
reading passage’s claim that people trained wolves as hunting mate. Wolves
could develop domestic traits while learning hunting skill from human.
Next, the
professor insists that dogs were domesticated much earlier than 16,000 years
ago. In recent, scientists found foot prints of a young boy and dog. An
analysis showed that these foot prints are at least 26,000 years old. This
counters the reading passage’s assertion that domestication of dogs happened
almost 16,000 years ago.
Finally, the
professor argues that dogs were domesticated in multiple places, so they were
scattered around the world. The DNA of dogs showed that they came from four
different ancestors in different areas. This refutes the reading passage’s
suggestion that domestication of dogs started in China and spread different
areas around the world.
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