Siberian fossil revealed to be one of the oldest known domestic dogs
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 17:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern dog, and is described in research published March 6 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Anna Druzhkova from the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Russian Federation, and colleagues from other institutions.