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A new study done by researchers in Sweden and China suggests that wolves were first domesticated some 16,000 years ago in Asia. The scientists also say there is evidence that the motive may not have been companionship or protection, but hunger. We speak with Peter Savolainen, a lead scientist on the study and geneticist at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
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