The Chee put the essence of the last Pemalites into wolves/early dogs

[Yorick Brown]

Er...what?

I don't get it. What did Erek mean by that? What exactly is the 'essence' and how could they insert it into those animals?

[Touquie]

I think what it means is that the Permalites were somehow similar to these animals and the chee felt that they need to take care of them somehow.  So maybe these animals are a representation of the Permalites?

[esplin]

its their basic soul/personality, im sure with their technology they could create the evolution that lead to the dogs basic form and demeanor now

[Phoenix004]

We don't really understand it exactly, but yeah they basically put the "souls" of the remaining Pemalites into wolves, which caused them to eventually become dogs (happy fun loving creatures like the Pemalites themselves).

It's an interesting theory from a historical point of view, as nobody knows for sure about the true origins of dogs. It is assumed that either some wolves learned to be less cautious around humans (in order to sneak into human camps and take food) or that humans selectively bred the nicer wolves together until the domesticated dog was created. However, these are just theories.

[Cloak]

It's an interesting theory from a historical point of view, as nobody knows for sure about the true origins of dogs. It is assumed that either some wolves learned to be less cautious around humans (in order to sneak into human camps and take food) or that humans selectively bred the nicer wolves together until the domesticated dog was created. However, these are just theories.

I always though that the wolves and humans got together because, by some miracle they found that both species could benefit each other.  But then again, canine evolution isn't my strongest area . . .

[Phoenix004]

I always though that the wolves and humans got together because, by some miracle they found that both species could benefit each other.  But then again, canine evolution isn't my strongest area . . .

In a more basic way, yes that's pretty much what scientists think. Humans benefited from wolves as they could be used to guard their camps, frighten away predators and hunt for food. In return the wolves were given food and shelter by the humans. Like I said though, these are just theories. It is believed that the origin of wolf domestication goes back thousands of years, long before the first written language. However, what I like is how they fit this mystery in with the Chee's explanation of how dogs came to be.

[Gumby]

They put the personality of Prmalites into wolves.

[XenomorphLV426]

Not all wolves.  Just the ones that became dogs.

[Liz]

I picture a Chee version of Emeril going "BAM!" on a dog and sprinkling some Pemalite dust on it.  Like that show Essence of Emeril.

No.  But seriously, I thought of it as maybe the Chee raising and taming the dogs to make them in the image of their creators.

[Starsword]

Its probably like what the Arn had for Aldrea.

[Terenia]

When I covered this scene in my fanfic (The Pemalite Chronicles) I had it so the Pemalites used their advanced technology to alter the essential DNA of wolves, incorporating enough Pemalite DNA to transfer their basic essence. But that's just what I came up with off the top of my head.

[Phoenix004]

When I covered this scene in my fanfic (The Pemalite Chronicles) I had it so the Pemalites used their advanced technology to alter the essential DNA of wolves, incorporating enough Pemalite DNA to transfer their basic essence. But that's just what I came up with off the top of my head.

That's actually not a bad theory. Better than anything I can think of anyway! 

Whatever they did, it obviously involved a form of technology far beyond our understanding. Even the Andalites are still a backward race in comparison to the technology the Pemalites had, and they've been extinct for thousands of years.

[AniDragon]

Its probably like what the Arn had for Aldrea.

Oohhh, that's a good theory. It does seem like a very similar idea, doesn't it?

[Yorick Brown]

But what's their 'basic essence,' Terenia? What the hell IS essence?

[RYTX]

Well, they make it sound like it's the soul, or possibly a section of the genome.
If it is a soul in the philosophical sense, the incorporal part of awareness that makes life so special, then i'm lost as to how.
If however, the soul is nothing more than extremely complex biology which some scholars believes, then it would merely intergrating the works of that biosci into the wolves.

So what's a soul and how to you move it? answer that and we may head in the right direction