Ice Age DNA shows dogs come from two ancient wolf populations | USA TODAY

July 1, 2022 4 comments

Researchers in London said they discovered that two separate ancient wolf populations contributed DNA to dogs.

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Researchers from the institute said they charted the genetic history of the grey wolf over the past100,000 years by analyzing 72 ancient genomes from Europe, Siberia, and North America.

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Sarcastic Klutz says:

June 30, 2022 at 8:44 PM

Cool

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Have A Seat Marj says:

June 30, 2022 at 8:46 PM

Had this on my mind, with so many questions on the origins of dogs and here we are…

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WHATEVER DONKEY says:

June 30, 2022 at 9:42 PM

Yeah…they came from a dog. Read the Bible.

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U Myo Minn says:

July 1, 2022 at 1:32 PM

reality dogs DNA ice age not chinging.

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