Man’s Best Friend For How Long?

Dogs May Have Been Domesticated 33,000 Years Ago according to an article at Yahoo!News.  The DNA in the old skull found in Siberia was a closer match to dogs than to wolves.  Apart from the DNA evidence, the skull appeared more similar to a dog’s than an wolf’s.  Earlier evidence suggested dogs were first domesticated in the Middle East or East Asia.

Here’s the report in PLOS One.

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