Statue of the Wolf of Gubbio and Saint Francis in Monterosso al Mare, Italy

The Wolf of Gubbio

A Saint Francis Folktale Tells the Remarkable Love Story between Dogs and Humans

David Paul Kirkpatrick
3 min readJan 24, 2019

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The Science of Dogs

Today, science points to dogs being new additions to planet earth. Based on archaeological digs, the first known dog is only 30,000 years old. We also know, based on DNA, that all dogs come from the Wolf, not from the Jackal or Hyena or Fox.

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David Paul Kirkpatrick

Founder of Story Summit & MIT Center for Future Storytelling, Pres of Paramount Film Group, Production Chief of Disney Studios, optimist, author and teacher.