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DNA Shows Ancient Siberians Domesticated Dogs, Who Then Helped Settle America
February 05, 2021 13:16 GMT
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Scientists have long sought an indisputable link showing when humans first domesticated dogs, steering a few receptive gray wolves descendants toward lives as lapdogs.
The origins of their domestic relationship is one of the most hotly debated questions around dogs undying loyalty to their masters and humankind’s unparalleled reliance on dogs to get a leg up on other predators in a frequently hostile environment.
Now, a team of interdisciplinary researchers has used DNA and other evidence to assert a tandem movement in and then beyond northeastern Siberia at a key stage of human and canid development late in the last Ice Age.