Day 40

I saw a pack of wild dogs today. Or are they feral dogs?

It got me thinking. Will those dogs eventually evolve back into wolves? Will they breed with those wolves that already prowl the forest? They are out there. I think. I saw one once.

I assume most domesticated species will be undergoing a rewilding process. Or going extinct. Domestic crops, for instance, aren’t good at self-seeding. Wild wheat took over domesticated fields decades ago. Without us cultivating them and clearing out the “weeds”, they didn’t stand a chance.

But that’s not the same as a species evolving back into a wild, undomesticated state.

Too bad I won’t be around to see it.

I’d like that. Dropping in on Earth in a thousand years’ time, a million years’ time, and seeing what has become of it.

Maybe everything will be crabs, like in that time machine story.