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A new paper makes the case that elephants have evolved to become generally social and friendly all on their own, much like humans and bonobos. Reading time 3 minutes A group of scientists is making a ...

The domestication of dogs began around 15,000 years ago, when wolves first started to be domesticated by humans. It is believed that early humans tamed wolves and eventually bred them to create the ...

A surprising discovery has rewritten how cats become house pets, while unexpected and rapid evolution is making red foxes more like dogs. In short: an animal’s path to domestication is very ...

Though dogs are so close genetically to wolves that many taxonomists consider them to be a subspecies, most people wouldn’t let a wolf lick their hand as readily as a Shih Tzu. When animals are ...

For the first time, scientists have identified a mutation in plants that was selected twice - during both natural evolution and domestication. The mutation has been identified as the source of ...

Indentation of several goat hooves in a brick from the archaeological site of Ganj Dareh. (Credit: The 'Tracking Cultural and Environmental Change Project') The DNA samples were sourced from the ...

Language is one of the most notable abilities humans have. It allows us to express complex meanings and transmit knowledge from generation to generation. An important question in human biology is how ...

Research collaboration: International Mixed Laboratory - Evolution and Domestication of the Amazonian Ichtyofauna (LMI-EDIA) is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its ...

Evolutionary biologists and geneticists report that they have identified missing links in the tomato's evolution from a wild blueberry-sized fruit in South America to the larger modern tomato of today ...

Tomato domestication history is generally depicted as a "two-step" process with an increase in fruit size from blueberry-sized SP to generally cherry-sized SLC, and then to the very large-fruited ...