New analysis of 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became the animals that now sleep on our sofas. Instead of a slow, uniform shift from wolf to dog, ...

Dogs began diversifying thousands of years earlier than previously believed, with clear differences in size and shape ...

Come face-to-face with a pug and you’re likely left wondering what type of bone structure could support such an oddly dome-shaped dog head. Well, researchers at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University have the ...

New research on 11,000-year-old dog skulls is forcing scientists to redraw the timeline of how wolves became our closest animal partners. Instead of a slow, recent march from generic village mutt to ...

Modern dog breeds come in a mind-boggling array of shapes and sizes—from Chihuahua to Great Dane, corgi to greyhound, pug to German shepherd. In fact, the domestic dog, Canis familiaris, shows more ...

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 ...