Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to German shepherd. In fact, the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, shows more ...
Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and how they might have traded them around the world. From Pomeranians to poodles, Saint ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Brandy is just one of the many pups over at Animal Humane New Mexico waiting for her forever home. “So Brandy is approximately four and a half years old. This sweet, silly ...
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Domestic dogs started developing into different sizes and shapes thousands of years ago rather than hundreds, a new study claims. Scientists at the University of Exeter have analysed hundreds of ...
MADISON (WKOW) — A Wisconsin nonprofit that trains service dogs for veterans and first responders is getting help from one of its own. Nicole Meadowcroft, president of Custom Canines, was recently ...
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Study of 50,000-year canine skulls shows dogs diversified millennia before modern breeding
New research in Science drew on three-dimensional analyses of 643 ancient canid skulls to show that the range of shapes seen in modern dogs began deep in prehistory; the team created digital models of ...
Photograph of a modern dog skull used for the photogrammetric reconstruction of 3D models in the study. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...
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