Our best friend is more jackal than wolf

Welcome to Exploring the Bio-edge!
In this podcast, we discuss why it is more likely that the domestic dog is derived from an extinct black-and-tan jackal than from the fearsome wolf.
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Thumbnail image: Right front pawprint of the black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) by JMK (Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...)
Music: 'At the side of an RPG village' by Katzen_Tupas via Pixabay