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In the reading passage, there is ample support for the author’s claim that we can know that when, where, how dogs’ domestication started. However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to the author’ point. First, the professor contends that it is difficult to believe that ancient people have tamed wolves as a hunting animal and the wolves became now dogs. Because there is a difference between dog’s hunting style and wolf’s hunting style. Moreover, it is really hard to train wolves due to their aggressive characters. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim that ancient people started raising wolves and the wolves have evolved their intrinsic traits that are suitable for coexist with human being. Next, the professor insists that it is so doubtful that the domestication of dogs began since 16,000 years ago. Recently, the footprint of a dog walking with a young boy was discovered by archaeologists. Also, the relic indicates that it was at least 26.000 years old. This counters the reading passage’s assertion that recent dog’s DNA analysis represents that the earliest dog emerged when the first ancestor lived. Finally, the professor argues that it is not true that the first country that tried to domesticate the dogs was China and then spread all over the world. Because the domestication of dogs occurred in multiple areas and old fossils were found not only in China but also other many countries, such as Europe and Middle East. Futhermore, recent research indicates that they are came from four forefathers and the each ancestor has different country. This refutes the reading passage’s suggestion that the species tend to have the largest diversity in the area when the origin was appeared and it is fact that the China has most various species of dogs.
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