The first dogs evolved from wolves in Asia — and maybe the Middle East — study of ice age DNA suggests - Business Insider South Africa

Ancient wolf DNA spanning the last 100,000 years, points to the moment — possibly two moments — when dogs were domesticated.

Dogs are one of humankind's greatest historical mysteries. Nobody is quite sure where they came from, but a new analysis of ancient wolf DNA points to somewhere in Asia. A cohort of geneticists, led… [+4256 chars]

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