Past the agricultural revolution, there’s something of a sea-change in how dogs are found in the archaeological record. They ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to ...

The researchers used mathematical models to simulate evolution over 15,000 years. They took into account various factors, such as the availability of food provided by humans and the selective ...

A team of American researchers recently shed new light on this question by using computer simulations to explore the evolution of wolves into dogs. These scientists, from the University of ...

The evolution of the domestic dog took place over a long period of time, during which wolves and dogs continued to interbreed—muddying the waters when it comes to analyzing canid fossils and ...

Evolution of the Dog: Recent molecular evidence shows that dogs are descended from the gray wolf, domesticated about 130,000 years ago. But if they all share a common ancestor, ...

Europe recently downgraded the protected status of wolves, sparking concern among conservationists who warn this may undo ...

As such, the meat probably came from a woolly rhinoceros calf, hunted and fed to the pups by adult wolves, which were possibly larger in the Ice Age than they are today. “The hunting of an animal as ...