BCSnob
Nov 15, 2013Explorer
"modern wolves are not dogs' direct ancestors"
Old Dogs Teach a New Lesson About Canine Origins
This analysis was published in "Science" on the research published in "Science"
I found this result interesting.
This means modern wolves should not be used to determine how dogs would live or what they would eat in the wild.
This analysis was published in "Science" on the research published in "Science"
I found this result interesting.
The analysis yielded two surprises. First, most living dogs turned out to be more closely related to ancient wolves than to modern ones. "The gray wolf population that gave rise to modern dogs is most likely extinct," Thalmann says. The finding supports the results of a whole-genomes study, reported in May at The Biology of Genomes meeting in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, in which Wayne's team also concluded that modern wolves are not dogs' direct ancestors.
This means modern wolves should not be used to determine how dogs would live or what they would eat in the wild.