Not exact matches
WASHINGTON — A trio of
dogs buried
at two
ancient human sites in Illinois lived around 10,000 years ago, making them the oldest known domesticated canines in the Americas.
Only a small number of U.S. and Asian
dogs share maternal ancestry with
ancient American
dogs, suggesting the arrival of European breeds starting
at least several hundred years ago reshaped
dog DNA in the Americas, she proposed.
People had reached South America
at least 15,000 years ago (SN: 12/26/15, p. 10), well before
ancient people buried
dogs at Illinois» Koster and Stilwell II sites.
Ancient American
dogs, including the Koster and Stilwell II animals, shared a common genetic ancestor, cell biologist Kelsey Witt Dillon of the University of California, Merced reported April 13
at the SAA meeting.
«I think it's a perfectly credible and logical case,» says Darcy Morey, a zooarchaeologist
at Radford University in Virginia who has studied
ancient dog burials.
1 The sultry «
dog days of summer» get their name from ancient astronomers who noticed that those days coincide with the period when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the s
dog days of summer» get their name from
ancient astronomers who noticed that those days coincide with the period when Sirius, the
Dog Star, rises at the same time as the s
Dog Star, rises
at the same time as the sun.
Butchery marks previously found on
ancient dog bones
at other Mayan sites suggest the
dogs were raised for slaughter.
In his latest research on the origins of
dogs around the world, Peter Savolainen, a canine genealogy authority
at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology, set out to examine the genetic connection between
dogs in Madagascar and the pets of
ancient settlers from Indonesia.
Wynne can't say for sure whether the domestication process happened
at multiple villages
at different times, or if it happened just once, as indicated by another recent study that looked
at DNA from
ancient dog fossils.
«It's an interesting time, because the technology is moving faster than our ability to ask questions of it,» Greger Larson, an evolutionary geneticist
at the University of Oxford who studies
ancient dogs and wolves, told Nature in June.
According to that analysis,
ancient Asian
dogs originated from a domestication event from Asian wolves
at least 12,500 years ago; while European Paleolithic
dogs originated from an independent domestication event from European wolves
at least 15,000 years ago.
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Finally, in the more recent evolution of
dog breeds, limited interbreeding has imposed a remarkable genetic structure such that nearly all breeds represent distinct genetic pools that can be divided into
at least four distinct genetic groupings; Asian /
Ancient, Herding, Hunting, and Mastiff.
The little
dog has been a beloved pet for
at over 2000 years and was described in
ancient times by the Greeks and Romans.
Known for their slender long legs and majestic figure, and with muscles straining against their skin, the graceful Greyhound is a
dog with a long history, dating back to
at least
ancient Egypt, as depicted in tomb drawings.
Akbash
Dog is an
ancient flock guardian from Turkey, measuring from 28 - 32 inches
at the shoulder and weighing from 90 - 120 pounds.
One study from 2015 by the Department of Genetics
at Harvard Medical School theorized that today's domesticated
dogs might owe their ancestral origins to multiple
ancient wolf breeds.
What's single - celled,
ancient, and can make your
dog or cat pretty sick — but might also infect them without causing any symptoms
at all?
The Ibizan Hound, also
at times in its development known as the Ibizan Warren Hound, the Ibizan Podenco, the Podenco Ibiceno, the Podenco Mallorquin, the Ivicene, the Balearic Hound, the Balearic
Dog, the Balearen - Laufhund and the Galgo Hound, is an
ancient breed with an exotic and highly distinctive appearance.
The Maltese,
at one time known as «Ye
Ancient Dogge of Malta,» the Maltese Terrier, the Maltese Spaniel, the Maltese
Dog, the Maltese Lion
Dog, the
Ancient Dogge of Malta, the Melita
Dog (taken from the Greek word meli, meaning honey), the Melitaie
Dog, the Melitae
Dog, the Roman Ladies»
Dog, the Shock
Dog and the Bichon Maltaise, has been an aristocrat of the canine world for more than twenty centuries.
This
ancient Chinese
dog was a favorite of royalty and
at one point in time was even considered to be royalty as well!
Even if the theories surrounding the beginning of the Shih Tzu's existence are quite numerous, one piece of information is certain: these
dogs made a live presence
at the
ancient Chinese Imperial Court and the breed was so incredibly valued and respected that even when the Chinese people started to trade with Western civilizations, they utterly refused to sell or trade them.
If you take a look
at ancient cave paintings, you will see that human hunters are often accompanied by
dogs.
Highlights of the exhibition include
ancient Egyptian sculptures of the gods Bast and Anubis on loan from the San Antonio Museum of Art, a folio from the Tegernsee Miscellany aka Bede Compendium — an eleventh - century manuscript depicting a zodiac
dog from the Harry Ransom Center, and Thomas Sully's Cinderella
at the Kitchen Fire from the Dallas Museum of Art, along with Albrecht Dürer's St. Eustace, a group of important and rare prints by Paul Gauguin, and contemporary works by Louise Bourgeois, William Wegman and Sandy Skoglund.