Sentences with phrase «where domesticated dogs»

This is in dogs» bloodline thousands years back, where wolves, where domesticated dogs originated live in the wild.

Not exact matches

But a dog breed's present - day location may not reflect where dogs were actually domesticated more than 20,000 years ago, Veeramah says.

Scientists agree that dogs stem from wolves, but where, when and how many times dogs were domesticated — passing down tameness and other traits over generations — has been rethought many times in the last few years (SN: 7/8/17, p. 20).

«Once we have the ancient data, we can compare it against [Boyko's] to really get to grips with where and when dogs were domesticated.»

Previous research had established the wolf as the ancestor of today's dog, but when and where humans first domesticated the animals remained unclear.

That dogs evolved from gray wolves is well accepted but there's much debate about where and when man's best friend was first domesticated.

Based on where dogs and wolves searched for food after receiving some hints about its location, they showed that our domesticated, four - legged companions can not make the connection between cause and effect, but wolves can.

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Co-author Paul Jones of The Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition, UK, said: «It's interesting to know the answer to the question of where dogs were first domesticated and this paper goes some way to giving us an answer.»

During our long history with domesticated dogs, one characteristic has remained a constant for all dogs: they are instinctively clean animals, and will avoid relieving themselves where they sleep and eat.

But, modern dogs need to have an understanding of where to practice playful hunting activities in domesticated settings, just as most humans go to their local butcher or grocery store for their sustenance.

Another thing that's somewhat unclear is where and when dogs were first domesticated.

Dogs were first domesticated more than 10,000 years ago [1 - 4] although exactly when and where is still debated.

Studies have indicated that dogs are the oldest domesticated species, and likely originated even well before their first appearance in the archeological record 15,000 years ago where, the initial change to the diagnostic phenotype of domestic dogs was perhaps due in part to selection pressures associated with the transition from hunter gatherer to more sedentary lifestyles.

Scientists continue to debate when, where, and why domesticated dogs evolved from the ancestors of modern wolves, but they are clear on one issue: the physical alterations that mark the transformation.

In the land where the Brothers Grimm once filled folk with fear of the Big Bad Wolf, but which the newest science now claims is the single geographic origin of domesticated dogs, our beloved companions, one can only expect the news of the first wild - born litter of wolf cubs to meet with mixed reviews.