Summary:
- The article discusses new evidence suggesting that dogs were first domesticated in the Americas at least 12,000 years ago, making them one of the earliest animals to be domesticated by humans.
- Genetic analysis of ancient dog remains found in the Americas indicates that dogs were domesticated from wolves in North and South America, predating the domestication of dogs in Eurasia by several thousand years.
- This discovery challenges the previously held belief that dogs were first domesticated in Eurasia and then spread to the Americas, highlighting the independent domestication of dogs in different parts of the world.