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Mutton, an Indigenous woolly dog, died in 1859 − new analysis confirms precolonial lineage of this extinct breed, once kept for their wool

  • Written by Audrey T. Lin, Research Associate in Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution
imageIndigenous Coast Salish women wove woolly dogs' fur into blankets.Artist's reconstruction by Karen Carr

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day Washington state and southwestern British...

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