According to a team of genetic scientists from the Ilia State University’s Institute of Ecology in Tbilisi, Georgia, hybridization of wolves (Canis lupus) with shepherd dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in the Caucasus Mountains might be more recent than previously thought. Livestock guarding dog, upper, livestock guarding dog with the inferred wolf ancestry – first-generation hybrid, middle, and a wolf; all from Kazbegi, Georgia. Credit:...
