Dogs were domesticated around 11,000 years ago. Until recently, it was thought that breed diversity emerged in Victorian times. Recent studies of dog skulls have shown that diversity actually started ...

Learn more about the evolution of domesticated dogs from wolf to pug.

Researchers digitised the skulls of 431 dogs, cats and wild relatives. The database can be used for educational and research purposes. The ELTE Eötvös Loránd University is home to the skulls of more ...

Our best friends come in a fantastic array of shapes and sizes; a Borzoi looks nothing like a Boston terrier, except for a certain fundamental, ineffable (except to taxonomists) doggyness about them.

This skull once belonged to somebody’s pet, over 33,000 years ago. It’s one of the earliest known examples of the domestication of dogs — and it might actually mean modern dogs aren’t all related to ...

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Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into many different shapes and sizes to fulfil different roles. Wherever you find ...