Dogs have been our best friends for at least 23,000 years - ars technica

^{( February 1, 2021; ars technica )}

Dogs tagged along with the first humans to venture into the Americas, according to a recent study that analyzed existing collections of canine and human DNA. The results suggest that people domesticated dogs sometime before 23,000 years ago in Siberia, where isolated groups of wolves and people were struggling to survive the Last Glacial Maximum.

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• Dog domestication and the dual dispersal of people and dogs into the Americas (PNAS; Feb. 9, 2021)