Genetic studies reveal complex history – AlKhaleej Today

Much of the diversity of modern dog populations was already there by the time the last Ice Age ended 11,000 years ago. This was the result of a global study of ancient DNA. The paper, published in Science, showed how our dogs with their masters spread around the world, but also found fascinating periods when our shared history was decoupled.
A research team led by the Francis Crick Institute sequenced the genomes of 27 dogs, some of which lived nearly 11,000 years ago, in Europe, the Middle East…

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