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• Were dogs domesticated 33,000 years ago?

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 418
  A dog skull unearthed in a cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia is believed to be 33,000 years old. If so, it represents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication,  according to a recent study in the online journal PloS One. The Siberian skull, along with equally ancient dog remains found in a [...]
  3 days ago

• Nibbles: Canis then and now, Training roundup, Soybean genome, Top 10 viruses, PNG drought, Food archaeology, Sturgeon Bay

  
  Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog — Authority: 116
  Dogs were first domesticated animal . But the love affair is cooling off, at least for some breeds . Building capacity for animal genetic resources use , and for conservation and sustainable use under the ITPGRFA . And tree domestication . Is someone keeping track? BGI continues to take over DNA world. And ...
  4 days ago

• Dogs were man’s best friend even 33,000 years ago

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) A dog’s skull, which had lain in a Siberian cave for 33,000 years, presents the oldest evidence of domestication of the canine.The latest find comes after a dog’s skull was found in Belgium and shows that man’s best friends may have originated from more than one ancient ancestor, ...
  4 days ago

• How dogs keep their feet from freezing

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 497
  From the BBC : Dogs can keep warm on frozen ground, thanks to a specialised circulation system in their paws, say scientists. Researchers in Japan used electron microscopes to study the internal structure of domestic dogs’ paws. They found that heat was transferred from the artery to the network of veins, ...
  1 week ago

• Brainfood: Conservation policy, Grasspea breeding, Modeling rice diseases, Maize roots, Literature on new oil crops, Native vs non-native trees in Indonesian city parks, Cherimoya maps, Darwin Core, Seed dispersal and conservation, Oxalis variation, Polyp

  
  Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog — Authority: 116
  As ever, we have added most of these references to our public group on Mendeley , for ease of finding. “Most?” we hear you say. “What gives?” Well, Mendeley and some academic publishers still don’t play nicely. There’s nothing to stop you adding the paper in question by hand, if you’re so inclined, but ...
  1 week ago

• The retrieving coyote

  
  Retrieverman's Weblog — Authority: 497
  Previous blog posts have focused on the use of wolves as hunting and working dogs, but there are also a few instances of coyote doing the same work as dogs, like the story of the pointing coyote from Oklahoma. James Willard Schultz (“Apikuni”) kept a coyote that was an excellent gun dog.  Schultz was a fur ...
  2 weeks ago

• FIRE IN THE HOLE!!

  
  My Journey Through Life — Authority: 103
  We all have a story like this. OK, not all of us. Just those of us that are HUGELY lucky. And by lucky, I mean, not home. Out with the girls. On Monday night, I went to book club. I left the house just before bath time and went on my merry way. I’m at a friends house, drinking wine and eating enchiladas and my damn ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nibbles: Sunflower breeding, Indian cows, New varieties and income, Climate change and extinction, Honeybee threat, Figs, Apple history, DIY Luffa, IRRI DDG blog

  
  Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog — Authority: 116
  The Russian sunflowers are coming! The Russian sunflowers are coming! Holy cow ! Can’t do better than The Hindu’s headline. And more . CIMMYT says groundnut varieties good for income . ICRISAT unavailable for comment. But are they climate-proof ? Because it could be worse than we thought for many ...
  2 weeks ago

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