[ **up: [[Human-animal interaction]] **] --- # Domestication ### Wolves > Dogs [[2024-0529. Wolves are thought to have been first domesticated in East Asia, although South West Asia and European origins are also considered.|Wolves are thought to have been first domesticated in East Asia, although South West Asia and European origins are also considered.]][^1] [[2023-0917. Interbreeding with grey wolves was likely an important part of dog maintenance throughout early dog domestication.|Interbreeding with grey wolves was likely an important part of dog maintenance throughout early dog domestication.]][^2] [^1]: Natia Kopaliani et al., ‘[[Kopaliani, et al. ‘Gene flow between Wolf and Shepherd Dog Populations in Georgia (Caucasus)’, 2014.|Gene Flow between Wolf and Shepherd Dog Populations in Georgia (Caucasus)]]’, *Journal of Heredity* 105, no. 3 (May 2014), p. 345. [^2]: Natia Kopaliani et al., ‘[[Kopaliani, et al. ‘Gene flow between Wolf and Shepherd Dog Populations in Georgia (Caucasus)’, 2014.|Gene Flow between Wolf and Shepherd Dog Populations in Georgia (Caucasus)]]’, *Journal of Heredity* 105, no. 3 (May 2014), p. 351.