@ACuriousMind Look, I think we are in agreement- even if admittedly I hold not even half your knowledge. About nothingness, it's your choice to accept if it is a valid alternative or not; regarding the borders defined by our current model, yes, maybe the thing is all about semantics. But the model has been conceived to describe and maybe explain why there is something and not nothing. This is not invalid, it is as I see it a sudden realization that comes for all existence.
Now, about the how: we can trace the genetic evolution of dogs, of all the ancestors back to the first ancestor. In the…