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Ancient DNA reveals earliest known dogs lived alongside Ice Age humans

The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature's most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. The study, titled "Dogs were widely distributed in Western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic," is published in the journal Natu...

Ancient DNA reveals earliest known dogs lived alongside Ice Age humans
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The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature's most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. The study, titled "Dogs were widely distributed in Western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic," is published in the journal Nature.

Originally published at Phys.org

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