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Rather_Dashing t1_itpzh6p wrote

Reply to comment by Apprehensive_Age_384 in How and when did dingos arrive in Australia? by [deleted]

The stuff on Indians mixing with Aboriginal Australians is interesting, the stuff on dingos doesnt seem at all conclusive though, wonder what other dingo researchers would say on those points. Seems more likely that the dingo came from Indonesia/PNG.

This is the extent of the evidence on dingos in that paper btw

>However, the dingo also first appears in the fossil record at this time and must have come from outside Australia (46). Although dingo mtDNA appears to have a SE Asian origin (47), morphologically, the dingo most closely resembles Indian dogs (46).

Genetics trumps morphology every time. Morphologically dingos are more similar to Tasmanian tigers than anything else on Australia, but origin wise that means nothing at all.

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Downhome27 t1_itqiv0y wrote

Does that mean they have found dingo fossil outside of Australia? Seems to me if they have only found remains in Australia you could assume the dingo originated there? It brings about all kinds of weird creatures. I don’t know if it would be a stretch to say a species could change drastically over there in a relatively short period; especially if it’s ancestor came from that part of Asia.

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ZekeDarwin t1_itsmibh wrote

The dingo is genetically an offshoot of the domestic dog. Populations became wild again after being domesticated.

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