With just the power of one beseeching, big-eyed look, dogs can wrap us around their perfect little paws. As it turns out, this ability is at least partially our own doing. Recently, a team of researchers figured out the ‘eyebrow’ muscles that contort canine faces into adorable pleading expressions are not typically present in wolves, … Read more
Scientists are studying ancient wolves to better understand the domestication of dogs. Pixabay Scientists—and plenty of doting dog owners—have long wondered when and where wolves began their evolution to become humanity’s best friend. And though they haven’t fully solved it, researchers have now added a big, new piece to the dog domestication puzzle. Today’s modern … Read more
The wolf relatives of modern-day dogs began the evolutionary process of becoming humans’ best friends more than 10,000 years ago. But despite more than a century of research, scientists still do not know the full story of how and why dog domestication occurred in the first place. Now a new study published on Thursday in … Read more
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