A study of a region of the mitochondrial DNA of 84 dogs from more than one dozen ancient sites in North and South America suggests that the animals came to the Americas only 10,000 years ago. “This also is about the same time as the oldest dog burial found in the Americas. This may not be a coincidence,” said Ripan Malhi of the University of Illinois..
read more New-World Dog DNA Examined – Archaeology Magazine.

