For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

The domestication of dogs began at least 17,000 years ago, marking the first major interspecies relationship in human history ...

Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a discovery that sheds more light on their close relationship with the region’s ...

Scientists have discovered that dogs may be entering a new wave of domestication, as humans now seek to have companions that are friendlier and calmer. A few decades ago, dogs were seen as animals ...

Origins of the dog: domestication and early history / JulieClutton-Brock -- Evolution of working dogs / Raymond Coppinger and Richard Schneider -- Genetic aspects of dog behaviour with particular ...

Wolves and humans were early competitors that both hunted in packs for large prey, shared ecological niches, and could kill each other. Debate exists over the exact origin of domesticated dogs, but ...

Modern dogs offer a living record of change shaped by proximity to people. Over time, research shows that brains respond to ...

House fox -- Dogs -- Cats -- Other predators -- Evolutionary interlude -- Pigs -- Cattle -- Sheep and goats -- Reindeer -- Camels -- Horses -- Rodents -- Humans: part ...

The evolutionary adaptation of wolves into domesticated dogs is one of the most intriguing examples of coevolution between humans and animals. This transformation, rooted in millennia of shared ...