Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea ...

The new study states that domestication was a two-way street where humans did not impose themselves on other organisms.

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 ...

Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that dogs (Canis familiaris) are descended from gray wolves (Canis lupus) and became domesticated over two historical periods: between about 30,000 and ...