33,000 year old domesticated dog
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Paleontologist and other researchers from Russia, Canada, the United States, Holland, and the United Kingdom reported the discovery and morphological description of a 33,000 year old wolf that had been domesticated before the Last Glacial Maximum at the Public Library of Science.
The specimen from the Razboinichya Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia was so well preserved that comparison with present day dogs, wolves, and the few available specimens of ancient domesticated dogs and wild ancient wolves led the researchers to conclude this animal was a domesticated wolf that has no present day lineage. This species of wolf/dog is suspected to have died out during the Last Glacial Maximum that lasted from 26,500 to 19,000 years ago.
The age of the specimen of Canis familiaris was determined by radiocarbon dating of collagen.
The substantiating criteria for the conclusion that this specimen is a domesticated wolf are shortened snout and mandibles (resulting in smaller overall size, crowded teeth and an increased snout width to length ratio) and smaller carnassial teeth. The coronoid process of the mandible has the slightly hooked profile seen in Chinese wolves. The Razboinichya Cave cranium is virtually identical in size and shape to prehistoric Greenland dogs.
Paper
A 33,000-Year-Old Incipient Dog from the Altai Mountains of Siberia: Evidence of the Earliest Domestication Disrupted by the Last Glacial Maximum
Authors
Nikolai D. Ovodov1, Susan J. Crockford2, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin3*, Thomas F. G. Higham4, Gregory W. L. Hodgins5, Johannes van der Plicht6,7
Paleontologist and other researchers from Russia, Canada, the United States, Holland, and the United Kingdom reported the discovery and morphological description of a 33,000 year old wolf that had been domesticated before the Last Glacial Maximum at the Public Library of Science.The specimen from the Razboinichya Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia was so well preserved that comparison with present day dogs, wolves, and the few available specimens of ancient domesticated dogs and wild ancient wolves led the researchers to conclude this animal was a domesticated wolf that has no present day lineage. This species of wolf/dog is suspected to have died out during the Last Glacial Maximum that lasted from 26,500 to 19,000 years ago.
The age of the specimen of Canis familiaris was determined by radiocarbon dating of collagen.
The substantiating criteria for the conclusion that this specimen is a domesticated wolf are shortened snout and mandibles (resulting in smaller overall size, crowded teeth and an increased snout width to length ratio) and smaller carnassial teeth. The coronoid process of the mandible has the slightly hooked profile seen in Chinese wolves. The Razboinichya Cave cranium is virtually identical in size and shape to prehistoric Greenland dogs.
Paper
A 33,000-Year-Old Incipient Dog from the Altai Mountains of Siberia: Evidence of the Earliest Domestication Disrupted by the Last Glacial Maximum
Authors
Nikolai D. Ovodov1, Susan J. Crockford2, Yaroslav V. Kuzmin3*, Thomas F. G. Higham4, Gregory W. L. Hodgins5, Johannes van der Plicht6,7
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