Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, new genetic data indicate
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, not Asia or Europe, according to a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists led by UCLA biologists. The research, funded by the National Science Foundation and the Searle Scholars Program, appears March 17 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature.