Not exact matches
Dueling genetic
studies based on the DNA of modern dogs and wolves
suggest the fellowship between humans and dogs could have been forged in the Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia or, as Goyet's
archaeological evidence
suggests, in Europe.
For instance, the
study suggests that the early human species Australopithecus afarensis may have had greater dexterity than what was required for cutting with a stone, including manipulative and tool - related behaviors that may not have been preserved in the
archaeological record.
That's about 2000 years earlier than
suggested by previous
studies focusing on a different, more selective set of genes known as the exome, but it's in line with recent
archaeological findings that point to distinctly Tibetan permanent settlements appearing between 3600 and 5200 years ago, Yang says.
Previous genetic
studies suggested that foxes first appeared on the islands > 16,000 years ago, before human arrival (~ 13,000 cal BP), while
archaeological and paleontological data supported a colonization > 7000 cal BP.