Origin of the domestic dog that was the most divergent group. The study found that the skulls of the "Goyet dog" and the "Altai dog" had some dog-like characteristics and proposed that the may have represented an aborted domestication episode. If so, there may have been originally more than one ancient domestication event for dogs as there was for domestic pigs. One theory is that domestication occurred during one of the five cold Heinrich events that occurred after the arrival of humans in West Europe 37 000, 29 000, 23 000, 16 500 and 12 000 YBP. The theory is that the extreme cold during
Dwarf dog-faced bat Dwarf dog-faced bat The dwarf dog-faced bat ("Molossops temminckii"), is a bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay. They are considered an abundant species, and are listed as a species of "least concern" on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution, presumed large population, and the unlikelihood of decline. The dwarf dog-faced bat is classified in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae with the other free-tailed bats. The genus "Molossops" encompasses 4 species of broad-faced bats including "M. temminckii." The species was named for Coenraad