A refined proposal for the origin of dogs: the case study of Gnirshöhle, a Magdalenian cave site

Abstract Dogs are known to be the oldest animals domesticated by humans. Although many studies have examined wolf domestication, the geographic and temporal origin of this process is still being debated. To address this issue, our study sheds new light on the early stages of wolf domestication durin...

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Main Authors: Chris Baumann, Saskia Pfrengle, Susanne C. Münzel, Martyna Molak, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Abagail Breidenstein, Ella Reiter, Gerd Albrecht, Claus-Joachim Kind, Christian Verjux, Charlotte Leduc, Nicholas J. Conard, Dorothée G. Drucker, Liane Giemsch, Olaf Thalmann, Hervé Bocherens, Verena J. Schuenemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83719-7