He said the process of dog domestication began when a population ... eventually evolving into the dogs we see today.'' The story of how dogs came to be tamed from wolves is complex and hotly ...

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

Experts not involved with the study agreed that the discovery was significant. There are “just very, very, very few” dog ...

So how exactly did we get to where we are today ... In 2016, the University of Oxford published evidence that dogs were domesticated twice. They found that this took place in Europe about 16,000 ...

Dogs have been part of our lives for so long even the science about when and how we domesticated them from the wild animals they once were is murky. What is less of a grey area is the huge role ...

During their development, neural crest cells exhibit altered migration or activity, according to the study. During the early domestication of dogs, selection was based on behavior, according to this ...

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.

The method revealed that the bone was around 12,000 years old, which suggested dogs lived with humans in this area 2,000 years earlier than expected.

"Our ancient DNA evidence, combined with the archaeological record of early dogs, suggests that we need to reconsider the number of times dogs were domesticated independently," he said.

"We assessed skulls from hundreds of foxes ... National Museums Scotland said the findings shed light on how dogs and cats become domesticated. He said: "Some of the basic environmental aspects ...

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 ...