I have read many times that the dogs of the Old World (Europe and Middle East) descend from the red wolf.
North American/Siberian descend from gray wolves and were domesticated much later.
Can anyone confirm thgis?
More journalistic pudding-headedness?
The last time I looked, genetic research was showing that ALL dogs are descended from Canis lupus chanco (gray wolf from Asia).
This means dogs entered the New World in the Pleistocene with the PaleoIndians.
The only Red Wolf I know of is the American version which is a Wolf/Coyote hybrid.
“wolves from the Middle East.”
I know of no study showing dogs are related to Canis lupus pallipes or arabs which are the Middle East wolf subspecies.