Origini del cane domestico
Ci sono molti risultati di studi sull’origine del cane domestico; attualmente l’ipotesi maggiormente supportata da evidenza punta sul concetto che i cani domestici siano derivati da un antenato comune che era simile al lupo o dal lupo stesso. I dati a tutt’oggi indicano che probabilmente gli antenati erano lupi di...
Between the Wolf and the Dog
When performing archeological dig in the upper palaeolithic settlement called Eliseyevichi 1 in the Bryansk Region, Mikhail Sablin, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Gennady Khlopachev, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg), found two intact dogs' skulls. These are apparently the most ancient dogs'...
Once big bad wolf, now man’s best friend: Science studies trace dogs’ origins
Domesticated dogs first appeared in East Asia, spread across Asia and Europe, and then accompanied their two-legged companions into the New World 12,000-14,000 years ago. This scenario is suggested by two reports in the journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Two research teams, one...
Multiple and Ancient Origins of the Domestic Dog
Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences were analyzed from 162 wolves at 27 localities worldwide and from 140 domestic dogs representing 67 breeds. Sequences from both dogs and wolves showed considerable diversity and supported the hypothesis that wolves were the ancestors of dogs. Most dog sequences belonged to a divergent monophyletic...
