A Single Cave in Germany, the Possible Origin of Dog Domestication

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A cluster of ancient canine fossils from a single cave in southwestern Germany has shown astounding genetic diversity, encompassing nearly the entire breadth of dog domestication: from wild wolf to modern hound.
According to researchers, the age of these remarkable specimens, which include dogs, wolves and foxes, is older than nearly 60 other ancient canines that lived between 14,000 and 3,000 years ago in Europe.

 

What's more, a reconstruction of their mitochondrial genomes appears to match the collective variation of almost all ancient canines analysed from this region to date.

"While we cannot address the question of the domestication event's singularity, our results support the hypothesis that the Hegau Jura was a potential center of early European wolf domestication."

Dogs are generally considered the oldest domesticated animal in human history, but the precise detail on where, when, and why this happened is still unknown. Some recent genetic studies suggest dogs were domesticated around the same time in both Europe and Asia, before mixing later on. Later genomic analyses disagree, pointing to a single origin in Europe.

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-cave-in-germany-is-one-possible-center-for-early-wolf-domestication

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1 hour ago, Bonkers said:

Dead 

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Can I send my dog there and get him back when he's better trained