Where did dogs come from? That simple question is the subject of a scientific debate right now. In May, a team of scientists published a study pointing to East Asia as the place where dogs evolved ...
Between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago, a now-extinct population of wolves evolved into dogs, with a little help from humans.
Watch a wolf documentary for a few minutes, then look at a French Bulldog snoring on someone’s couch. It almost feels impossible that they share the same ancestry. And yet they do. Every Chihuahua, ...
Evolved for connection: Centuries of domestication shaped dogs to be attuned to human emotions, fostering trust, security, ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Audrey T. Lin, Smithsonian Institution and Logan Kistler, Smithsonian Institution (THE ...