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How wolves became our best friends 🐾
The origins of modern dogs have long puzzled scientists. A team of American researchers recently shed new light on this ...
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 ...
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?
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Scientists confirm it – dogs evolve in amazing ways because of a hormone that affects social relationships between humans
Dogs might be going through a new phase of domestication, shaped by people’s preference for calm, friendly companions that fit well into a laid-back lifestyle.