Apparently, dog origins is a hot topic for some people... not me but...

The latest "made in China" item isn't a plastic widget or a pair of shoes. It's a dog. A new study suggests that wolves were first domesticated in Southeast Asia some 16,000 years ago. The work is the latest volley in a long-standing debate about just where canine companionship got its start.

Volley? Who's shooting?

The study "is the most compelling evidence for the origin of the dogs published to date," says Hannes Lohi, a veterinary molecular geneticist at the University of Helsinki. "The data here [are] very much similar to corresponding human data for the out of Africa evidence. It looks like dogs were 'created' in China."

Who knew doggie origins could be "compelling"?

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