Simulation shows wolves had time to self-domesticate and evolve into dogs
A team of mathematicians and statisticians from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the University of Tennessee and ...
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Evolution of the Dog
The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...
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Prehistoric Wolves May Have Willingly Turned Themselves Into Dogs
What the findings do suggest, however, is that “the proto-domestication hypothesis cannot be rejected on the basis of time ...
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Has the Wolf Turned Itself into a Dog?
Many people know that the domestication of the wolf took place in the Neolithic period. The common assumption is that humans chose the friendliest wolves and began to breed them. But what if it was ...
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Meet Dogor, The Mummified Wolf-Dog Ancestor That Died 18,000 Years Ago In Siberian Permafrost
"The fact that we can't [determine whether it's wolf or dog] might suggest that it's from a population that was ancestral to ...
Maybe dogs didn't need us at all to domesticate themselves
They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have ...
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Coexisting With Wolves: Lessons From Force-Free Dog Training
Living harmoniously with animals can be facilitated by teaching humans to accept their wild neighbors and tap into the ...
Dog Breeds
There are more than 200 different breeds taking part in the Westminster dog show... how did dogs get so diverse?
But how much does breed shape a dog’s health and behavior?
The result is that many modern breeds suffer from ailments that dog lovers never would have deliberately selected for.