Origin of modern dog has a single geographic origin, study reveals
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 09:22
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By analyzing the DNA of two prehistoric dogs from Germany, an international research team has determined that their genomes were the probable ancestors of modern European dogs. The finding suggests a single domestication event of modern dogs from a population of gray wolves that occurred between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago.