New research on 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became our closest animal partners. Instead of a slow, recent march from generic village mutt to ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. From their wolf ancestors to today’s sweet, loyal ...
Bones from the turn of the Holocene indicate that humans were feeding canines—including wolves and coyotes—fish over 10,000 years ago, Reading time 3 minutes Who let the dogs out? It remains unclear, ...
Dogs could be undergoing a third wave of domestication driven by humans' desire for pets that are friendly, calm and ...
Dogs were likely domesticated more than 14,000 years ago, a new study published this week found. In the largest study of canine remains to date, researchers from 17 institutions, including ...
ELEC copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature Chapter 1 Telling stories of co- domestication and ...
The discovery of the oldest ever dog DNA suggests they have been our best friends for nearly 16,000 years—5,000 years earlier ...
Preamble to the dog's journey through time -- Immediate ancestry -- Evidence of dog domestication and its timing : morphological and contextual indications -- Domestication of dogs and other organisms ...
In early July 2014, the journal Genetics published a long theoretical article speculating on the biological mechanism behind the suite of behavioral, physiological, and morphological changes that ...
Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike – with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows. At first glance, Persian cats and pugs don’t ...
Dear reader, I recently wondered why pet dogs come in so many uniquely different shapes, sizes, and colors, while cats look so similar to each other. For instance, Great Danes and Chihuahuas are ...
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