In other words, wolves could have naturally evolved into dogs, without human intervention, within the 15,000-year time period of the earlier domestication event.

While the theory is nothing new, the new research shows it's statistically possible for the wolves to have driven their own domestication into dogs through natural selection.. Archaeological and ...

It was originally believed the first domesticated wolves appeared around 15,000 years ago in the Middle East. New evidence, however, suggests it was much earlier than that.

Wolves, Not Dogs: The Key Findings. While the discovery that these animals were wolves, not early dogs, may be disappointing to some, the findings offer crucial insights into the Ice Age environment.

Though fossil evidence points to dog domestication happening around 14,000 years ago, DNA-based research often puts the split between wolves and dogs much earlier.

However, the domestication of wolves into dogs was not a linear process but a dynamic interaction shaped by selective pressures through artificial selection and human socio-cultural dynamics. Early ...

There is no doubt that gray wolves were the ancestors of dogs. One controversial question is about the timing. Some authors claim that dogs were already domesticated about 30 to 40.000 years ago ...

Mummified remains of two 14,000-year-old puppies, with their fur and stomach contents intact, may be wolf cubs, according to new research.

By Dr. John Koch Question: I know that modern dogs are descended from prehistoric wolves. My question is when and how were dogs domesticated from wolves? Answer: Some time ago, an archeological ...

Domestication causes smaller brian size in dogs than in the wolf, but such an evolutionary change is not unusual in wild animals Peer-Reviewed Publication Hun-Ren Ökológiai Kutatóközpont ...

The foundation has three tenets that make up its mission: To love, honor, and celebrate the wolf as sacred and our closest kin, to protect and nurture wild wolves and domesticated wolves through ...