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From the LA Times article:

The scientists were surprised by the enormous diversity of the genetic sequences they found in dogs--far more than could have evolved in a mere 14,000 years, Wayne said.

Based on differing estimates of how quickly those mutations could accumulate, the researchers concluded that dogs could have originated as long as 135,000 years ago or as recently as 60,000 years ago.

Yet, as the above articles states, most modern breeds are less than 200 years old. Then there was the Russian scientist who domesticated foxes within just a few generations.

There's no logic to domesticated dogs prior to the last ice age, otherwise we'd see dogs coming out of Africa much earlier, and there was no environmental trigger for it, anyway. Too often these DNA analysis are more about getting published than real science.

Then there was the Russian scientist who domesticated foxes within just a few generations.

Saw a TV show on that awhile back. Interesting just how quickly you could breed a dometicayfox by simply selecting foxes that were more docile and receptive to humans. The domesticated foxes also began to look like dogs with floppy ears and mottled coats.