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Give a scientific reason.
Morphological evidences suggest that dog, sheep and wolf have a common origin.
Solution
The similarities between dog, sheep, and wolves' jaw structures, eye positions, nare structures, and other anatomical features show that these three animals share a common ancestor.
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