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16,000-Year-Old Dogs Identified in Turkey: Ancient DNA Pushes Back Origins of Dog Domestication
Early dogs identified in Turkey are now reshaping what scientists know about dog domestication. New ancient DNA evidence from the Pınarbaşı site reveals that dogs were already living alongside humans around 16,000 years ago—thousands of years earlier than previously confirmed. The discovery, based on full genome analysis of Upper Palaeolithic remains, places central Anatolia at…