Who let the wolves in?

Unexplainable

Vox

Science, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Dogs were the first domesticated animal in history, emerging from wolves some 20,000 years ago. But how did wolves become dogs? To find the answer, scientists have to play with a lot of puppies. (First published in 2023.) Guest: Kathryn Lord, evolutionary biology researcher at UMass Chan Medical School For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, hi.
0:02.0	Oh, hi.
0:04.0	Catherine Lord has a job that makes me jealous.
0:07.0	You're just being silly.
0:08.0	She plays with puppies for a living.
0:10.0	Hi, buddy. How are we?
0:12.0	These are wolf puppies.
0:15.0	Catherine sent me some audio she recorded during her research,
0:18.0	and you can hear one of the puppies climb into her lap.
0:25.6	He's wagging his tail and wriggling around, and he can't sit still.
0:30.3	I know, is he taken up the whole lap?
0:32.2	Is he taking up the whole lap?
0:38.8	At eight weeks old, he's small enough to fit in her lap, but he looks like a wolf, with a pointed snout and sharp ears.
0:42.2	You're okay, you're okay.
0:43.5	Here you go.
0:44.0	Good boy.
0:45.2	You can settle down.
0:47.6	There you go, you're good boy.
0:54.2	Catherine isn't playing with wolf pups just for fun.
0:59.2	As an evolutionary biologist, she's fascinated by what separates wolves from dogs.
1:02.1	On one hand, they're very closely related.
1:05.4	They share 99.9% of their genetics.
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