New research transforms our understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia into the west, and reveals the changing way in which they were ...
There is a good reason why so many humans refer to dogs as man’s best friend. Humans domesticated dogs more than 11,000 years ago, before we even invented agriculture. Today dogs are popular as pets ...
"The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected ...
Ancient pig teeth indicate that the farm animals were first domesticated in China. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 11, 2025 10:10 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđź’ˇ Breakthroughs, ...
The origins of domestic cats, and their travels with ancient humans, are as enigmatic as the animals themselves. But now, scientists have found new evidence supporting the idea that the unfathomable ...
Bones from the turn of the Holocene indicate that humans were feeding canines—including wolves and coyotes—fish over 10,000 years ago, Reading time 3 minutes Who let the dogs out? It remains unclear, ...
Cats, dogs and farm animals are what come to mind when we think of domesticated animals. For ages, domestication has been portrayed as a uniquely human accomplishment, where species become domestic ...
June 14 (UPI) --The domestication process has transformed the brains of foxes bred by researchers in Russia, according to new research published Monday. Foxes bred to be tame and foxes bred for ...
Like wolves that once became dogs, trash pandas appear to be adapting anatomically to life alongside humans, slowly stepping toward domestication. Humans’ ongoing expansion into natural environments ...
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