What dog is considered the stone age dog?
The New Guinea Singing Dog comes from the remote highlands of New Guinea and is the rarest dog in the world. Because of their remote location, they have been separated from domestic dogs for at least 30,000 years landing them their special nickname, the stone age dog. Their breed is also believed to be older than the dingo. Thus, they are one of the oldest canines in the world.
More Info:
www.animalplanet.com
What are your thoughts on this subject?
74 Comments
Jim Hill
bull !!! what about the recent fossils found of the oldest dog. it is said to be alot older than 30'000 years and dna is wolf related.
29
Dec 29, 2015 3:48AM
Richard Taylor
It is a wolf...
17
Jan 6, 2016 12:15PM
chancecolley
Isabella Bashir , Jim Hill is correct. Dog breeds are so genetically distinct that 99% of individual dogs could be correctly assigned to their breed based on their genotype, indicating that breeding barriers (pure-bred breeding) has led to distinct genetic units. The study identified 9 breeds, referred to as "ancient breeds", that could be represented on the branches of a phylogenetic tree which grouped together with strong statistical support and could be separated from the other breeds with a modern European origin. Out of the 9 breeds there are three well-supported groups that were highly divergent and distinct from modern domestic dogs. The three groups were Asian, Middle Eastern & Northern. The New Guinea Singing Dog is part of the Asian group and all three groups are descendant from the Wolf.
17
Jan 9, 2016 6:40PM
Gerald Mason
I agree with Jim Hill WOLF
11
Jan 3, 2016 6:51PM
Richard D. Boyle
The consensus of scientific opinion is that all current dog breeds are descended from Stone Age wolves.
0
Nov 16, 2022 2:46AM
Debra Jenkins
Why doesn't it explain why it is called a Singing Dog?
1
Sep 20, 2021 1:16AM
Denise Currie
I got this wrong by putting wolf, so I checked a couple of different sites after and found out it was the wolf, so wrong answer yet again
0
Aug 17, 2021 6:46AM
nrudlandwood
These dogs originate from wolves
2
Oct 16, 2020 6:26PM
John McLardie
So much wrong with this question. Not enough is known about this dog beyond its close relationship to the dingo (and the basenji) through its mtDNA. It does appear to be descended from an extinct species of wolf; although this is argued.
For those who state that wolves are dogs - they are not! Modern domesticated dogs are descended from gray wolves.
Recent discoveries, in Germany, of a 'Paleolithic' dog, dating to about 40-35000 years BP, indicate that such a dog descended again from an extinct species of wolf. The skull had 'dog' morphology but 'wolf' teeth.
Most recent discoveries of 'dogs' labelled 'Paleoloithic' appear to show that these animals were NOT descended from gray wolves: as the domestic dog is.
Studies of maternal and paternal DNA suggest that the modern domestic dog became genetically distinct from gray wolves between 151000 - 68000 years BP.
1
Jul 17, 2020 4:12AM
George Oliver Prince
Bet it can't carry a tune
1
Apr 7, 2020 1:31AM
Joseph A. Robitaille
Good guess and question
1
Apr 2, 2019 1:02PM
lls
Jim Hill, that's what I thought
0
Mar 25, 2019 9:04PM
Ian Swindale
I agree with Jim Hill. The questioner should read Wikipedia
2
Feb 21, 2019 7:35AM
Bill Coe
Don't know if it is "considered" the stone age dog. But it has been nicknamed the stone age dog as supported by the video. Interesting.
0
May 8, 2017 4:39PM
kite005
The question does say what is considered to be the stone age dog. So it's probably right but misleading.
1
Sep 12, 2016 2:30PM
Lynn Beasley
No..insane..wolf.
0
Jun 11, 2016 1:05AM
Ray Kahler
I guessed "correctly" because of the oddity of the name...
0
May 7, 2016 8:24PM
Llovejusbnme
I thought it was the wolf.....but....what do I know? LOL!
0
Apr 13, 2016 5:04PM
Kathleen Lloyd-Kitchens Shotz
Right Jim. Stone age man bred the agreesion outof the Wolf.
I checked out this link.
http://www.nature.com/news/1998/021118/full/news021118-12.html
1
Apr 3, 2016 10:12PM
<div class="text-center" style="margin: 0 25px 5px">
<img src="https://wcdn.quizzclub.com/social/was-it-interesting.png" alt="Was it interesting?">
</div>