Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Evolution Doesn't Exist ! (Dogs must have come from an Omniscient Puff !) The origin of dogs was, until recently, not perfectly understood. Now it is basic knowledge that dogs, with human selection, Evolved from Eurasian and Asian Gray wolves. But the history of Native American dogs has a more complex saga. Dogs probably entered North America from Siberia 4500 years after humans did, And were isolated for the next 9000 years. After contact with Europeans, these dogs no longer existed, Because they were replaced by Eurasian dogs. The pre-contact dogs showed a unique genetic signature, now gone. The DNA indicated that their nearest genetic relatives today Are the Arctic breed dogs such as Malamutes, Greenland dogs, And Alaskan and Siberian Huskies. The replacement by Eurasian dogs may have been caused by Diseases introduced by Europeans, or persecution of native dogs by European colonists. Also European dogs could have been favored, possibly because of better training. So, the domestication of American wolves did not really occur, But rather domesticated dogs came over with the First Peoples from Siberia. These dogs existed in North America for about 5000 years And remained until 15th century settlers arrived with their dogs. The Siberian Huskies and other similar breeds likely came over about 1000 years ago-- Roughly 500 years before European settlers arrived. When I was in graduate school at Cornell University, No one was ever really sure just what the origin of our dogs was today : Wolves, coyotes, foxes, dingoes--just what? DNA studies have been so helpful with so many knowledge bases And I am thankful I have lived to be able to see these results! Frank Maurer 20 July 2023 1600 Hours.