The ancient canines share ancestry with modern European dogs. By looking at the rates of change to the DNA from the oldest specimen, scientists were able to place the timing of the domestication ...

Service dogs reflect the next stage in canine evolution, demonstrating how dogs have continued to adapt alongside their human ...

How did your friendly Fido become so different from his ... of these species' different lifestyles: domesticated versus wild. (Remember, both dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestral ...

Study co-author Dr Andrew Kitchener from National Museums Scotland said the findings shed light on how dogs and cats become domesticated. He said: "Some of the basic environmental aspects that may ...

But when does a domesticated animal become a pet? A pet is typically defined ... dig in Spain found that the Romans kept small toy dogs around 2,000 years ago. In the last few hundreds of years ...

According to experts, wolves have not been domesticated like dogs and remain fundamentally ... this can quickly become a nightmare. A wolfdog needs a secure outdoor area with plenty of room ...

dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are different in form from wolves, mainly smaller and with shorter muzzles and smaller teeth.

Dogs may have been domesticated not once, as widely believed, but twice, once in Europe and once in Central Asia or China, a major study said Thursday. Scientists have debated where domestic dogs ...

In recent years, the world has become increasingly wet and warmer ... During their development, neural crest cells exhibit altered migration or activity, according to the study. During the early ...

Man's best friend has been around for a really long time. According to skeletal remains found in Russia, domestication of dogs started at least 19,000 years ago. When they weren't cuddled up with ...

The act of feeding leftovers to hungry canines may have jump-started dog domestication during the last Ice Age, new research suggests. A study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports ...