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Origin of Small Dogs Pinned Down
By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Senior Writer
posted: 01 March 2010 09:24 am ET
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The ancestor of all those Chihuahuas, spaniels and tiny terriers likely came from the Middle East, a new study finds.

All domestic dog breeds that exist in the world today in their myriad forms are the result of the domestication of the gray wolf. And gradually, as humans selected for traits they wanted in their dogs — herding ability, particular temperaments and size — dogs diversified.

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