Man's Best Friend - 15,000 Years Ago In Britain

I saw it too, but I thought dogs had been domesticated much earlier than this?

Genetic divergence between wolves and dogs is believed to have occurred between 20,000 -40,000 years ago but researchers believe domestication took place later than this, how much later is an ongoing argument, but it was likely earlier than 15,000 years ago.

In some places it seems that foxes were domesticated too and maybe some of the dogs we have now are a mix of fox and wolf?

In some places it seems that foxes were domesticated too and maybe some of the dogs we have now are a mix of fox and wolf?

I did a dog behaviour course when I was in my early 20s and there was a unit that discussed the similarities and differences between foxes and wolves. The experts decided back then that they ‘didn’t interbreed’ and it seems they were right. We now know that foxes and wolves  diverged in their evolutionary paths over millions of years. Genetically they are different although they belong to the same family Canidae.