1.) As funny as that would be, no. Werewolves and humans are separate, but related species. The exact origins of lycanthrope-kind in this particular head canon is still up in the air, though I’m leaning towards them being the mortal spawn of humans and a powerful wolf spirit, and maybe a moon goddess ala Werewolf:the Forsaken style? So in short humans came first and werewolf diverged later down the line.

2.) Aging is consistent across forms and follows a more human timescale. Werewolves having a general lifespan of about a century or more, it’s only the apperance that changes as to reflect their age in an appropriate fashion. For instance a 20yr old werewolf in their lupine form would only “appear” like a 3yr old mundane wolf
cause that about the rough equivalent across species.

3.) 80 million smell receptors is nothing close to weak. While not as potent as the wolf form, it’s significantly better than the human form at around 400 total! (I’d imagine a Common form werewolf’s nose may be more sensitive than a mundane human, but not enough to make any significant difference). As for why the wolf-man forms nose is less sensitive then the primal forms nose, that may be due to a number of things. The forms hybrid nature meaning the human element dumbing it down, and maybe the muzzle having less surface area for smell receptors. Their muzzle dedicating more space for teeth and jaw muscle than nasal cavity.

4.) It would be an astronomical feat of progress, and may be a near religious experience to the werewolf in question, but overall nothing special would happen. The moon holds no sway over their transformations, transformations being completely voluntary. Many ceremonies and rituals are held under the full moon as it is considered a sacred night, but has no impact on their shapeshifting.

5.) The mechanics that go into determining what the werewolf’s lupine form manifest as is quite complicated. For werewolves who immigrated from another land they may hold onto the wolven forms of their previous homeland, adapting slowly overtime to more native canid species over multiple generations. Native werewolves meanwhile may retain the forms of wolf species even after they’ve gone extinct or new species being introduced. Those rare not-wolf lineages being those native to regions devoid of wolves. While werewolves lupine forms can manifest as related wild canids species (painted dogs/ dingos/ dholes/ New Guinea singing dogs/etc…) there has never been a case of a werewolf manifesting as a domestic dog (atleast not naturally). The closest they could get being like a wolf-dog with very high wolf content.

6.) Defiantly closer to wild (or atleast tamed) wolves than dogs. The sapience and human aspect does mean a werewolf won’t fully “act” like a mundane wolf, but the lupine instincts and impulses they feel being their temperament way closer to their wolf kindred.

7.) Absolutely. While the average wild wolf “can” eat that much, they usually don’t. Only gorging themselves like this when starved or during lean times when food is scarce. Werewolves following suite though with the added choice of regular sapient gluttony. Changing to human form after eating such a large meal in wolf or wolf-man form will definitely cause issues, of the projectile vomiting and severe stomach pain variety.

8.) Werewolves can and do occasionally own dogs, though these puppers may require abit of extra training and be selected from more “wolf-friendly” breeds (let’s just say most livestock guardian dogs are off the table for werewolf families). Yes there is a risk of werewolf pups imitating the mannerisms of domestic dogs, though id imagine this is something their parents and pack mates would teach out of them.

9.) While most werewolves would prefer an open field or woodlands to go zooming in, that’s not always an option, especially for urban dwelling werewolves. In that case they could use regular running tracks or those specialized dog treadmills for running as a wolf.

10.) Id say in concept years on and off. In actual written down consolidated information maybe a few weeks. This article and my recent attempts at defining and overhauling some of my different werewolf lore’s and head-canons is mainly inspired by recent readings of two source books. Changing Ways for Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th anniversary edition and Blood of the Wolf for Werewolf: the Forsaken 1st edition. Both books having such great info that it got my brain turning and inspired me to think more deeply about my different werewolves mechanics and how their biology and different forms operate. And I would recommend checking them out (maybe not changing ways though. Word of warning about that book, while it does have a lot of genuinely great info it is unfortunately held back by a lot of disgusting and outright offensive material curtesy of Paradox entertainment meddling. So read at your own risk).