Gone to the Dogs

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A kind of fun article in the Smithsonian this morning about the domestication of dogs. It looks to be rather difficult research because of the similarities with wolves.

Cute artwork on the page, also.

Scientists Identify the World's First Known Dog, Which Pushes Back the Animals' Genetic Record by About 5,000 Years

Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000 years ago

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

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Interesting article. Leaving us with the last sentence which states…Some of the biggest mysteries around dogs remain to be uncovered. Scientists still don’t know where dogs come from, or who first domesticated them.