Dogs are known to be the first species domesticated by humans, although the geographic
and temporal origin of this process is still under debate in different fields of knowledge. In the …

High genetic diversity of East Asian village dogs has recently been used to argue for an East
Asian origin of the domestic dog. However, global village dog genetic diversity and the …

Through thousands of years of breeding and strong human selection, the dog (Canis lupus
familiaris) exists today within hundreds of closed populations throughout the world, each …

The identification of dog hair through mtDNA analysis has become increasingly important in
the last 15 years, as it can provide associative evidence connecting victims and suspects …

In this study, we integrate osteometric and palaeogenetic data to investigate dog variability
in the Roman Empire in Iberia and North Africa. Osteometry was used to distinguish the …

We investigated the genetic composition of six Canis remains from western Iberia, directly
radiocarbon dated to 7,903–7,570 years (cal BP). They were identified as dogs via their …

Several dog skeletons were excavated at the Roman town of Augusta Raurica and at the
military camp of Vindonissa, located in the northern Alpine region of Switzerland (Germania …

Madagascar was one of the last major land masses to be inhabited by humans. It was
initially colonized by Austronesian speaking Indonesians 1500–2000 years ago, but …

Background Geographic distribution of the genetic diversity in domestic animals, particularly
mitochondrial DNA, has often been used to infer centers of domestication. The underlying …

This study investigates the gene pool of Portuguese autochthonous dog breeds and their
wild counterpart, the Iberian wolf subspecies (Canis lupus signatus), using standard …