In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of
the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown …

The work of archaeozoologists and molecular geneticists suggests that the domestication of
the wolf (Canis lupus)—the ancestor of the domestic dog (C. familiaris)—probably occurred …

The grey wolf (Canis lupus) was the first species to give rise to a domestic population, and
they remained widespread throughout the last Ice Age when many other large mammal …

Abstract Background The international Dog10K project aims to sequence and analyze
several thousand canine genomes. Incorporating 20× data from 1987 individuals, including …

Human brain size nearly quadrupled in the six million years since Homo last shared a
common ancestor with chimpanzees, but human brains are thought to have decreased in …

" Sometime before 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers arrived in Northeast Asia.
They continued east, becoming the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found …

We propose that the global environmental crises of the Anthropocene are the outcome of a
ratcheting process in long-term human evolution which has favoured groups of increased …

Selective breeding of domestic dogs has generated diverse breeds often optimized for
performing specialized tasks. Despite the heritability of breed-typical behavioral traits …

How does domestication affect the brain? This question has broad relevance. Domesticated
animals play important roles in human society, and substantial recent work has addressed …

Introduction Growing concerns over health and welfare impacts from extreme phenotypes in
dogs have created an urgent need for reliable demographic information on the national …