Who let the dogs in? A review of the recent genetic evidence for the introduction of the dingo to Australia and implications for the movement of people

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages 782-792

  Fillios, Melanie A ^a   Taçon, Paul S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dingo; Dog domestication; Genetics; Holocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960145575     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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