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Re:Why the West should be worried about Chinese Eugenics (2013) by tzs on Saturday November 29, 2014 @01:29AM (#8673242)
> dogs have been domesticated for ~5,000 years

That's way too low. It's somewhere in the 19-32k year range: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38279/...

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Re:Why the West should be worried about Chinese Eugenics (2013) by wavegeek on Thursday December 11, 2014 @02:38AM (#8733652)
> <dogs domesticated> somewhere in the 19-32k year range

I have read numerous different accounts. It appears that the selective breeding of different breeds is actually much shorter even than 5,000 years. Most breeds are less than 1,000 years old.

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