Archaeology News 3d ago

Genetic study shows dogs traveled with humans across Eurasia for 11,000 years

For tens of thousands of years, dogs have been in symbiosis with people across the vast range of Eurasia, but new genetic findings indicate that their history was tied to human migrations more closely than previously known...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/11/dogs-traveled-with-humans-across-eurasia/

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Show threadMarcel Kasteleijn2d ago
@archaeology I'm trying to understand the English terms. "Tens of thousands" means a multiple of 10.000. so, at least 20.000.
In this case 11.000 🤷🤔
Show threadArchaeology News 
@MaSiKa69 The study shows that while dogs have coexisted with humans for many thousands of years, it specifically tracks how some dog populations migrated with humans about 11,000 years ago — not their entire coexistence history.
Nov 22 at 8:06pmWeb
Show threadMarcel Kasteleijn2d ago
@archaeology That's not what I'm pointing out. I'm not English native and you probably do, so I wonder why the multiple indicator "tens" can be less than 20. Just a language question, not related to the core of the article.