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.

Scientists have debated where domestic dogs come from for a very long time. Some argued that humans first domesticated wolves in Europe, while others claimed this happened in Central Asia or China.

Old Rock Art Depicts Hunting Dogs Being Walked On Leashes, First Ever Evidence of Humans Mastering Them Archaeologists ...

This ancestral relationship may even stretch back to the oldest dog fossil we know of, which is approximately 14,000 years old from Germany.'' Previous evidence suggested that the first domestic ...

The descendants of the leftover-eating wolves eventually became the first domesticated dogs, her study suggests. There are plenty of benefits to domesticated dogs: They can pull sleds, protect ...