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 ...
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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Local law enforcement can’t use dogs to find bad bears, wolves, cougars under new bill
A new bill before the Washington State Legislature has sparked intense debate among lawmakers, wildlife advocates and local ...
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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 ...
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Richard Collins: Cultural loss in chimp groups — and the role of humans
Humans have caused the loss of the only male chimpanzee in one social group — and as a result at least one traditional ...
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15 Myths and Facts About Dogs Taking on Wolves
While dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus) do share a common ancestor, they have diverged significantly. Thousands of years of evolution and domestication have resulted in behavioral ...
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Gene Linked to Evolution of Spoken Language Found
Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...