New analysis of 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became the animals that ...

New research shows that domestic dogs began diversifying at least 11,000 years ago, long before modern breeding. A major ...

A major archaeological investigation has uncovered when domestic dogs first started developing the wide range of shapes and ...

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 ...

Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to German shepherd. In fact, the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, shows more ...

An intriguing optical illusion artwork reveals how you perceive the world. Spotting the woman at her vanity suggests a sensitive, emotionally percepti ...

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If you, like me, have a spoiled, lazy dog that enjoys cheese flavoured treats, the fact that your pet's ancestors were wild predators can seem unfathomable. But a major new study suggests their ...

Scientists have long wondered when the domestication of dogs first started. Dogs are believed to be the first domesticated ...

Jasmine Walls is the owner of Bonedust Press, a new publishing company in San Diego focused on speculative fiction with a ...

In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.