Why dogs follow their owners everywhere isn’t just affection, it’s an ancient wolf survival drive that domestication ...

Scientists don't know exactly how wolves were domesticated into early dogs, but it's possible that they domesticated themselves by choosing to coexist with humans so that, a new study finds, they ...

A recent study, published in Biology Letters, challenges the long-held notion that domestication is the primary driver of reduced brain size in domesticated animals, specifically dogs. Employing a ...

A new study published in Animal Cognition suggests that while dogs appear more affectionate and submissive than wolves during greetings with humans, these differences may not be solely due to ...

Way back in the hunter-gatherer age, when humans were just figuring out animal domestication, animals had to have all four of ...

The facial structure of a dog has changed as they have become domesticated, according to new research. Researchers claim domesticated dogs have evolved facial muscles that can twitch at a faster rate ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

From the tiny chihuahua to the massive Saint Bernard, domestic dogs today trace their roots to a single group of wolves that crossed the path of humans as long as 40,000 years ago, researchers said ...

I think he’s conflating tamed with domesticated. To me, a domesticated animal is one that can be socialized to humans such that you never have to worry about such a bite (in general, as there can ...

Selection is based on breeding the ones most useful. They don't even need that knowledge. Keep & feed only the ones that are useful and not dangerous to the handler (for guard dogs a vicious reaction ...