@RoyNemer To this day, though I have no data or evidence aside from a feeling deep in my bones, I still believe had they been allowed to wear the proper albiceleste, they would have won that game
@DollyZoom Thatβs what I thought when I was doing a PhD on βem and so I did just enough. But man, given what I had, I really should understand population genetics and evolution better than I do.
@DollyZoom Newfies themselves have a history that probably involves some of those big dogs (Great Pyrenees and maybe some older dogs that were βindigenousβ to the area, maybe from the vikings!), but they were an important core stock to most of our beloved retriever breeds today.
@DollyZoom Maybe not a classic phylogenetic tree, but check out this cladogram from 161 breeds in 2017 (https://t.co/4KQoLx4ubA) or this from 300+ breeds in 2023 (https://t.co/NObRgHvryD). Our guy, Jeff Kidd, helped with that one! He's the dog genetics captain now.