Mol Ecol May 2020 PMID 31840921

Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia.

Liisa Loog, Olaf Thalmann, Mikkel-Holger S Sinding, Verena J Schuenemann, Angela Perri, Mietje Germonpré, Herve Bocherens, Kelsey E Witt, Jose A Samaniego Castruita, Marcela S Velasco, Inge K C Lundstrøm, Nathan Wales, Gontran Sonet, Laurent Frantz, Hannes Schroeder

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Grey wolves have been living in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere for a really long time, even from before we had modern dogs.
Scientists studied DNA from ancient and modern wolves to find out that today's wolves come from a group that expanded from a place called Beringia after a big ice age.
This study shows how wolves moved around and survived when many large animals died out, and it helps us understand where dogs originally came from.

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Ancient DNA suggests modern wolves trace their origin to a Late Pleistocene expansion from Beringia.

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