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Yes dogs are a subspecies of wolves. Homo sapiens and neanderthals could and did interbreed and they arent as closely related as dogs and wolves.Dogs are not a subspecies. They are genetically the same and as such can interbreed perfectlyNo dogs are a subspecies of wolves. Dogs have slightly different DNA than wolves. Thats because dogs have been bred with other canines like foxes, coyotes, dholes, and jackals. Dogs are wolves closest relatives but there is some DNA difference. That DNA difference is what makes wolves wild. Most dogs have no clue how to survive in the wild and would starve to death without some human intervention before they learned. I used that analogy to make a point. Dogs and wolves are more similar than Neanderthals and humans. If you cant turn a dog population into wolves in terms of appearance, behavior etc then you could never recreate a neanderthal from say europeans that only have at most 4% neanderthal DNA.I think that you might be wrong, as all the Wolf DNA is still there, this would not just be breeding though, the dogs would need to survive in the wild where nature would kill all the weak as it always does.. Bye the way there is no such thing as dog DNA, as dogs are wolves, same DNA same speciesNope. You cant make a dog a wolf by breeding dogs that have a little wolf in them over and over again. All you will wind up with is a inbred dog with hip dysplasiaIf we selectively bred people with the highest percentages of Neanderthal DNA, could we keep selecting for higher and higher percentages in order to re-create Neanderthals or at least people with much higher percentages over a long period of time?
Dog Family: Facts About Canines & Their Cousins
"Canis lupus — wolf, gray wolf (Subspecies: Canis lupus familiaris — domestic dog)"