Sentences with phrase «than their wolf ancestors»

Not exact matches

Earlier genome - based estimates have suggested that the ancestors of modern - day dogs diverged from wolves no more than 16,000 years ago, after the last Ice Age.

The work finds that today's pooches are more closely related to ancient canids than to modern wolves, indicating that the dog's wolf ancestor no longer exists.

It is still shrouded in mystery when and where dogs and their wild ancestors the wolves went separate ways, but presumably it happened more than 10,000 years ago somewhere in Asia.

«Dogs» is a comprehensive, vivid account of the origin and evolution of canids — including wolves, foxes, coyotes, and wild dogs — from their common ancestors more than 40 million years ago.

Dogs reach sexual maturity at a much younger age than their most common ancestor, the gray wolf (6 to 12 months vs. 2 years); they have 2 to 3 breeding periods per year, while wolves have only one.