Scientists Discover Modern Dog Breeds May Not Be as Modern as We Thought

Researchers examined more than 600 skulls from modern dogs, wolves and ancient canines dating back as far as 50,000 years.
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Canine brain wiring influenced by human-driven breeding practices

National Institutes of Health researchers have shown that areas of the genome related to brain development harbor variants that may account for behavioral differences among different dog lineages. The ...
Nature

Tandem Repeats and Morphological Variation

All mammals have basically the same set of genes, yet there are obviously some significant differences that distinguish the various species. Recent research suggests that one such difference involves ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Which Dogs Live the Longest? Scientists Say Small and Long-Nosed Canines Outlive Others

Ask any pet parent about their pup’s longevity and they’ll likely tell you they wish dogs could live forever. And while an anti-aging drug for canines is in the works, dog owners still have to grapple ...
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Scientists uncover evidence that early dogs were surprisingly diverse

Dogs got weird early.
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The domestic dog : its evolution, behaviour, and interactions with people / edited by James Serpell ; pencil drawings by Priscilla Barrett

Origins of the dog: domestication and early history / JulieClutton-Brock -- Evolution of working dogs / Raymond Coppinger and Richard Schneider -- Genetic aspects of dog behaviour with particular ...
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The diverse and distinctive forms of domestic dogs first appeared more than 10,000 years ago

While the range of physical diversity dogs show is often thought to be the result of intense breeding over the last 200 years, a new study – based on tracing 50,000 years of canid skull evolution – ...