Is the brain of domesticated dogs really smaller than that of their wild cousins? For a long time, scientists have argued that domestication reduces brain size in domesticated animals. A recent study ...

But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. Half a million years ago or more, early human ancestors hunted horses with wooden spears, the very first weapons ...

But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. Half a million years ago or more, early human ancestors hunted horses with wooden spears, the very first weapons ...

Wang, Peng Liu, Xupeng Yao, Ziyue Chen, Yu Luo, Lanfang Liang, Kun Tan, Jun-Hao Elwin Chua, Min-Wen Jason Chua, Yan-Jiang Benjamin Ma, Shilin Zhang, Liping Ma, Wenwu ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

The earliest archaeological evidence for viticulture and wine drinking was unearthed around 8,000 years ago in the Caucasus, but the origin of grapevine domestication has remained mysterious ...

But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. As they spread, horses reshaped ecology, social structures and economies at a never-before-seen scale.

It’s no secret that we love our animal friends. Research led by the Pet Food Manufacturers' Association shows that 62% of UK households owned some kind of pet in 2022. Animals have played an ...

But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. As they spread, horses reshaped ecology, social structures and economies at a never-before-seen scale.

Hidden away on this overgrown property, flanked by birch forests and barred by a rusty metal gate, he and several hundred of his relatives are the only population of domesticated silver foxes in ...

The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

Urban red foxes are diverging from their country cousins, becoming more similar to domesticated dogs, according to researchers. A study found urban foxes had smaller brains and were developing a ...