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Scientists Find 10,000-Year-Old Domesticated Dog DNA – Nerdist
A team of researchers has discovered DNA belonging to a 10,000-year-old domesticated dog, which sheds light on how people first came to the New World.
A team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of Buffalo, has announced the discovery of the oldest-ever domesticated dog DNA from the Americas. The researchers discovered the DNA in a small piece of bone unearthed in Alaska, and say it belongs to a 10,150-year-old canine; one that has Siberian ancestors, and sheds light on how people first traveled to the New World.
The Smithsonian Magazine reported on the discovery, which the researchers outlined in a study published in The Proceedings…
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