A Biologist Pinpoints The Time When Dogs Diverged From Wolves (Hint: It’s Earlier Than Scientists Thought)
From Forbes.com:
Dogs have come to be man’s closest companions, but their story begins in the wild. Their nearest relative, the gray wolf, still roams forests and tundras. While dogs and wolves share a common ancestor, the origins of domestic dogs are more complex than once thought.
Fossils have hinted at dog-like traits appearing more than 30,000 years ago and yet genetic studies have often pointed to a much later divergence from wolves. This puzzle was resolved by scientists who sequenced the genome of a 35,000-year-old wolf from Siberia’s Taimyr Peninsula.
