Dogs split from the wolf pack earlier than thought, DNA analysis suggests
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 15:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A new analysis of ancient wolf DNA has shed new light on the murky early history of man's best friend, suggesting that dogs split from wolves as many as 27,000 to 40,000 years ago -- not 11,000 to 16,000 years ago, as earlier genome research had proposed.