880: Search for the Origins of Man's Best Friend: 1of2: @DavidGrimm @ScienceMagazine
Photo: Old dog. New Zealand’s hard-working farm dogs are worth gold to their owners, who often give them affectionate names such as Girlie, Fly, Stride, Beaut and Loyal. These huntaways, beardies and other purpose-bred herders muster thousands of sheep and cattle across hill and high country – a tough job that can’t be done any other way. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Search for the Origins of Man's Best Friend: 1of2: @DavidGrimm @ScienceMagazine http://science.sciencemag.org/content/348/6232/274?variant=full-text&sso=1&ssoredirectcount=1&oauth-code=6e1cf628-3d3f-4386-a4f9-25e3f8238a7a ...Larson feels confident that the work will solve the mystery of dog domestication once and for all, though some experts aren't so sure. Just throwing a lot of data at an enigma won't necessarily unravel it, warns Richard Meadow, the director of the zooarchaeology laboratory at Harvard University's Peabody Museum. “The more samples you get, the more complicated things get.” And Hulme-Beaman points out that even if there is an answer, it's likely to disgruntle some of the collaborators...."