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The critical period of socialization
Doctoral research by evolutionary biologist Kathryn Lord at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that different behaviors between puppies and wolves are related to their critical period of...
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One of the first domestic dogs revealed
DNA technology is being used to refine our understanding of when the domestic dog became a separate genetic line from wolves. In latest research, published in the open access journal PLoS ONE, DNA...
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18,000 years and counting
Wolves likely were domesticated by European hunter–gatherers more than 18,000 years ago and gradually evolved into dogs that became household pets, say a research team based at the University of...
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The ability for dogs and wolves to learn
Wolves can learn from observing humans and pack members where food is hidden and recognize when humans only pretend to hide food, reports a study published for the first time in the open-access journal...
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Teaching wolves new tricks
The process of learning often involves mimicry or imitation. In research published in the journal PLoS One, scientists from the Messerli Research Institute at the University of Veterinary Medicine,...
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Dog-human cooperation is based on social skills of wolves
Dogs are man’s best friend and partner. The origins of this dog-human relationship were subject of a study, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, by behavioural scientists from...
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A bond that goes way back
The special relationship between humans and dogs may go back 27,000 to 40,000 years, according to genomic analysis of an ancient Taimyr wolf bone reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on...
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New twist in tale of dogs’ origins
The origin of dogs has inspired a lingering controversy in academia. Where and when did dogs first split off from wolves? One of the top dogs in this dispute, population genetics expert Peter...
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Gambling wolves take more risks than dogs
Would you rather get 100 euros for certain, or have a fifty-fifty chance of receiving either 200 euros or nothing? Most choose the first, as humans tend to be “risk-averse”, preferring a guaranteed...
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Researchers identify a common underlying genetic basis for social behavior in...
Dogs’ ability to communicate and interact with humans is one the most astonishing differences between them and their wild cousins, wolves. A new study published in the journal Science Advances...
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Both dogs and wolves cooperate with humans
A recent study conducted by behavioural researchers at Vetmeduni Vienna shows that dogs and wolves both work equally well with humans, albeit in different ways. The allegedly unequal brothers are thus...
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Wolves, dogs and dingoes
Dogs are generally considered the first domesticated animal, while its ancestor is generally considered to be the wolf, but where the Australian dingo fits into this framework is still debated,...
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