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Study in Science Finds Ancient Dogs Were Already Physically Diverse more than 10,000 Years Ago

Reconstructed early domestic dog skull on display outdoors, showing elongated snout and varied cranial features

A new study published in Science reports that domestic dogs had a wide range of skull shapes and sizes by the Mesolithic, with specimens from Veretye, Russia, around 11,000 years old showing substantial morphological diversity. Read On…

From Miacis to Modern Dogs: A Brief History of Canid Domestication

A medium-size, brushy-coated canid standing alert in a misty forest clearing, representing early dog ancestors

The domestic dog’s story begins with Miacis, a small, weasel-like mammal from 60 million years ago, and unfolds through early canids such as Cynodictis, wolf lineages that diverged tens of thousands of years ago, and domestication events across Eurasia that reached the Americas about 10,000 years ago. Read On…