might have been a very late ice-age wolf

November 27, 2019 10:39 AM

Doggone it! How an 18,000-year-old puppy could change everything we know about dogs [The Guardian]

Name: Dogor. Appearance: Sharp teeth, soft nose, fluffy all over, cute as hell. Age: 18,000 years and two months.

posted by readinghippo (20 comments total)

The Professor can bring him back to life
posted by bleep at 11:00 AM on November 27, 2019 [6 favorites]

Loved that article, thanks!

And am I missing something, or does the article not have an author listed anywhere?
posted by Grither at 11:08 AM on November 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

It looks to be one of Pass notes and those I spot checked didn't have authors listed. A range of topics! "A quick chat designed to tell you everything you need to know about a story you don't need to know about"
posted by readinghippo at 11:23 AM on November 27, 2019 [1 favorite]

12 / 10 would read about again.
posted by jacquilynne at 11:38 AM on November 27, 2019 [5 favorites]

But was he a good boy?
posted by Hairy Lobster at 11:45 AM on November 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

If you just looked at his face from this angle, he could be a dirty pup who is just doing a snooze
posted by Countess Elena at 11:50 AM on November 27, 2019 [1 favorite]

Agree with the interviewer. The proper research involves letting us pet him - it's what he would have wanted!
posted by Mchelly at 11:54 AM on November 27, 2019 [3 favorites]

126,000 in dog years.

I know dog years were recently debunked or something and I don't care.
posted by axiom at 12:04 PM on November 27, 2019 [7 favorites]

A VERY GOOD BOY
posted by poffin boffin at 12:04 PM on November 27, 2019 [6 favorites]

aww he looks like a little scruffer having a nap! such perfect preservation. It will be fascinating to learn more about the history of weredog development as analysis continues.

12/10 they are good dogs, brontosaurus :D
posted by supermedusa at 12:22 PM on November 27, 2019 [5 favorites]

Dogor means "friend". 😭
posted by longdaysjourney at 12:49 PM on November 27, 2019 [8 favorites]

So I left the article kinda wanting to shake the Guardian reporter.

IFR has a story with a little more information in a much less twee style.

And for the source, there's the Center for Palaeogenetics (CPG).
posted by happyroach at 12:50 PM on November 27, 2019 [10 favorites]

The IFR story that happyroach linked to is definitely worth looking at. Less twee and a close-up of Dogor's teeth. I don't care how young he was. I would not get into a play fight with anything that had those canines.
posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 1:30 PM on November 27, 2019 [3 favorites]

Ok now please clone him like they did in Jurassic Park I want to snuddle the protopupper
posted by Pastor of Muppets at 4:39 PM on November 27, 2019 [12 favorites]

How could the article fail to mention he was found in front of Panucci’s Pizza?
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 6:17 PM on November 27, 2019 [7 favorites]

I hope I remember the name Dogor for the next "what should I name this puppy?" AskMe.
posted by rpfields at 7:38 PM on November 27, 2019 [1 favorite]

Someone get this dog a Puppers!
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 8:12 AM on November 28, 2019

Maybe they can find the DNA of his dog/wolf, or human friend, family on the top of his head, where he was licked or petted. Some snot nosed little human may have endowed him and us with lots of news.
posted by Oyéah at 9:59 AM on November 28, 2019 [2 favorites]

Oyeah, that is probably a long shot, but if it happened, it happened because someone held their poor little pup and wept. I can imagine it too clearly.
posted by Countess Elena at 12:45 PM on November 29, 2019 [2 favorites]

Oh my god no. What if it was just a sloppy wet kiss and pupper had a congenital heart condition and died later that night in its sleep.
posted by bleep at 1:20 PM on November 29, 2019 [1 favorite]