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Ancient Siberian dogs relied on humans for sea diets

As early as 7,400 years ago, Siberian dogs had evolved to be far smaller than wolves, making them more dependent on humans for food, including sea mammals and fish trapped below the ice, a new study showed on Friday.
Robert Losey, an associate professor in the University of Alberta’s Department of Anthropology, who led the research published in Science Advances, said the findings helped explain the growth in the early dog population, as people put them to work for hunting, herding and sledding.
“The long-term changes in dog diet have really been oversimplified,” he said.
Prior work had focused only on two main ....

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