Tags: Dog domestication

Ancient DNA Including Wolves Preserved in the Permafrost Suggests Dog Domestication, Diversification Started 40,000 Years Ago

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 06.30.2022 11:00 AM

In a new study, researchers investigate the origin of modern dogs, suggesting that domestication started 40,000 years ago. Read and learn more about wolves.

Dog Ejected From Car Went Missing for Days, Was Later Found Herding Sheep

06.14.2021 04:55 AM

Tilly was a family dog who has been missing since she was thrown off the rear window following a car accident. After searching for two whole days, his family found him on a farm herding flocks of sheep.

10,000-Year-Old Dog Bone Reveals America's Oldest Domesticated Dog

02.24.2021 01:05 AM

Earlier believed to be bear remains, DNA evidence shows that PP-00128 is the oldest evidence of domesticated dogs dating back to the last Ice Age. Together with man, dogs made their way from Eurasia to the Americas.

Dog Domestication Begun Because of Leftovers

01.07.2021 23:40 PM

Dietary restrictions hold the key to dog domestication during the paleolithic era. Dogs might have become man's best friend because they ate Paleo humans' leftovers.

Best Friends For Ages: Tracking the Partnership of Dogs and Humans

10.30.2020 19:00 PM

When dogs were still wolves, an unlikely bond formed between them and our human ancestors. At a time when dogs were still wolves, an unlikely bond formed between them and our human ancestors - sometime before the last Ice Age ended, or at least 15,000 years ago.

How Centuries of Domestication Have Changed Dog Breeds

08.10.2020 21:52 PM

Below are some examples of how centuries of domestication have changed these dog breeds. Dogs have been called "man's best friend," and for good reason.

Ancient DNA Shows Dogs Split from Wolves Much Earlier than Previous Estimates

05.23.2015 15:19 PM

The long relationship between humans and dogs has just been pushed back by tens of thousands of years, thanks to a small piece of rib bone found during an expedition to the far northern reaches of Siberia. And the genetics show that dogs split from wolves much earlier than we once believed.

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