Prehistoric fossils suggest modern dogs evolved
from a single population of wolves
Did humans domesticate dogs once, or twice?
by Rachel Becker, the Verge, Jul 18, 2017
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/18/15992572/dog-genetics-archaeology-fossils-evolution-domestication-wolves
https://www.nature.com/news/ancient-genomes-heat-up-dog-domestication-debate-1.22320
The papers are:
Frantz, L.A., Mullin, V.E., Pionnier-Capitan, M., Lebrasseur,
O., Ollivier, M., Perri, A., Linderholm, A., Mattiangeli, V.,
Teasdale, M.D., Dimopoulos, E.A. and Tresset, A., 2016.
Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual
origin of domestic dogs. Science, 352(6290), pp.1228-1231.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6290/1228
https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01326370/document
Botigue, L., Song, S., Scheu, A., Gopalan, S., Pendleton, A.,
Oetjens, M., Taravella, A., Seregély, T., Zeeb-Lanz, A.,
Arbogast, R.M. and Bobo, D., 2016. Ancient European
dog genomes reveal continuity since the early Neolithic.
Biorxiv, p.068189.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms16082
http://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/07/068189
http://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2016/08/05/068189.full.pdf
Yours,
Paul H.