Fossil evidence for Siberia sled dog breeding 9000 Years ago

  • Thread starter Thread starter BillTre
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Evidence Years
BillTre
Science Advisor
Gold Member
2024 Award
Messages
2,670
Reaction score
11,540
Science news article by their dog domestication guy (David Grimm).
Fossils of dogs, bred for use on sleds 9000 years ago, found on Siberian island.
 
  • Like
Likes Drakkith, Evo and jim mcnamara
Biology news on Phys.org
Neat!
 

Thread 'Flesh-eating New World Screwworm re-occurrence in US'

Deadly cattle screwworm parasite found in US patient. What to know. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/08/25/new-world-screwworm-human-case/85813010007/ Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-confirms-nations-first-travel-associated-human-screwworm-case-connected-2025-08-25/...
View full post »

Thread 'Chagas disease now established in US'

Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S. According to articles in the Los Angeles Times, "Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.", and "Kissing bugs bring deadly disease to California". LA Times requires a subscription. Related article -...
View full post »

Thread 'I need help understanding this quote about recent Natural Selection'

I am reading Nicholas Wade's book A Troublesome Inheritance. Please let's not make this thread a critique about the merits or demerits of the book. This thread is my attempt to understanding the evidence that Natural Selection in the human genome was recent and regional. On Page 103 of A Troublesome Inheritance, Wade writes the following: "The regional nature of selection was first made evident in a genomewide scan undertaken by Jonathan Pritchard, a population geneticist at the...
View full post »

Similar threads

A Brain Shrinking Domestication Event
Replies
1
Views
1K
What Caused the Domestication of Dogs and Cats?
Replies
5
Views
4K
Ancient Human Relative Walked Upright 7 Million Years Ago
Replies
1
Views
3K
Could This Be the First Denisovan Skull Found?
Replies
2
Views
2K
Billion-year-old fossil, a missing link in the evolution of animals?
Replies
1
Views
1K
Origin of Modern Domesticated Horses Found
Replies
6
Views
2K
Itty Bitty Bird-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found in Amber
Replies
2
Views
2K
Why Dogs are Different from Wolves in their Ability to Appear Appealing
Replies
9
Views
2K
Early human DNA in cave sediments
Replies
1
Views
2K
Contagious Cancers in Tasmanian Devils, Dogs, Clams & Mussels
Replies
1
Views
2K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top