May 22, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the Swedish Museum of Natural History and elsewhere sequenced and analyzed the draft genome of a 35,000-year-old wolf from the...

Apr 14, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of genetic scientists from the Ilia State University’s Institute of Ecology in Tbilisi, Georgia, hybridization of wolves (Canis...

Jan 17, 2014 by News Staff

A new analysis of modern dog, wolf and golden jackal genomes suggests that dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestor between 11,000 and 16,000 years...

Nov 15, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists have analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of 18 prehistoric wolf- and dog-like animals to show that more than 18,000 years ago, dogs...

Mar 11, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth found in 1975 in a cave called Razboinichya in southern Siberia, Russia, confirms that the tooth belonged...