Research Article
Out of Asia: An Allopatric Model for the Evolution of the Domestic Dog
Table 1
Comparison of models of dog domestication.
| Model | White fang model | Village dog model | Allopatric model |
| Reference | London (1905) [13] Lorenz (1952) [5]
| Clutton-Brock and Jewell (1993) [39] Morey (1994) [22]
Coppinger and Schneider (1995) [35] Crockford (2000) [20] |
Braude and Gladman, herein
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| First step | Adoption of wolf pup | Wolves scavenge around human settlements | Wolves follow humans and scavenge |
| Selection | Human selection for tameness | Ecological selection for tolerance of humans | Ecological selection for tolerance of humans |
| Speciation process | Human imposed Separation of domestic line from wild population | Sympatric despite local wild hunting population | Allopatric separation of tolerant scavenger population from wild hunting population |
| Location of origin | Eurasia, Africa, and North America | Unspecified | East Asia |
| Reason for initial domestication | Pet for woman or child | Jump from scavenger to hunting companion and guard | Source of meat |
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