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human
ELI5: If all dog breeds today came from interbreeding certain types of wolf, coyote, and fox, why aren't they considered to have 'evolved' from them?
gpt
That's mostly a matter of semantics. When we use the term 'evolved', scientists are referring to the gradual change of a species over time due to natural selection. Dog species came from artificial selection, which is essentially man-made evolution.

Plus when we use the term 'evolved from', we're usually refer to a separation of species. All breeds of dogs are still considered one 'species' - Canis lupus familiaris.