Ice Age DNA shows dogs comes from two ancient wolf populations
Researchers in London said they discovered two separate ancient wolf populations contributed DNA to dogs.
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Researchers in London said they discovered two separate ancient wolf populations contributed DNA to dogs.
Scientists from The Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that modern-day dogs descended from two separate populations of Ice Age wolves; from both Asia and the Middle East.
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