Tracking America's First Dog.

Focuses on Carolina dogs, a registered breed discovered in the woods of the southeastern United States, and the clues they may provide to the primitive dogs that arrived with the first humans in America. Controversial reexamination of how modern dogs arose; Suggestions of genetic evidence in the fer...

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Publicado en:Smithsonian Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 44 - 54
Autores principales: Weidensaul, Scott, Richardson, Lynda
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Smithsonian Magazine Mar99
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Sumario:Focuses on Carolina dogs, a registered breed discovered in the woods of the southeastern United States, and the clues they may provide to the primitive dogs that arrived with the first humans in America. Controversial reexamination of how modern dogs arose; Suggestions of genetic evidence in the feral dogs that is not yet conclusive; Description of Carolina dogs; Work of I. Lehr Brisbin, Jr. of the Savannah river Ecology Lab in Aiken, South Carolina.