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DNA trail leads to new spot for dog domestication

Study points to Central Asia as place where canines and people became pals

dog with ball snuggles with human

FETCH  Canine genetics show that dogs and humans might have first become pals in Central Asia. 

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By Chris Samoray

- More than 2 years ago

Dogs first snuggled up with humans in Central Asia, a new study suggests.

The survey of canine genetic diversity contradicts previous findings about where dogs became domesticated, the researchers report October 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.