Small dogs the world over can all trace their ancestry back to the Middle East, where the first diminutive canines emerged more than 12,000 years ago.
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Image: Gibson, Zoie Deanne Fitzmaurice / Science
A stretch of DNA allows Gibson, a Great Dane, to look a pony in the eye – while Zoie, a Chihuahua, can fit into a purse.
