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Isn't the Xoloitzcuintle a pre-contact dog?

• jjtheblunt 8y ago
  yes
  • dzdt 8y ago
    If you chase down the science paper (cough scihub cough) they tested various "native" breeds and found they were not genetically pre-contact.
• crazygringo 8y ago
  The modern Xoloitzcuintle appears to be a result of a mixture of the aboriginal, pre-Columbian Xoloitzcuintle, itself a descendant of a domesticated dog that came with the ancestors of indigenous Americans from Asia, with one or more southern European herding dog breeds during the Columbian Exchange. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Hairless_Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Hairless_Dog