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 …

The process of dog domestication likely involved at least two functional stages. The initial
stage occurred when subpopulations of wolves became synanthropes, benefiting from life …

Dogs are exceptionally well adapted to life close to humans, and alterations in their
endocrine system during the domestication process may be an underlying mechanism. In …

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a crucial role as membrane receptors, facilitating
the communication of eukaryotic species with their environment and regulating cellular and …

Modern human lifestyle strongly depends on complex social traits like empathy, tolerance
and cooperation. These diverse facets of social cognition have been associated with …

This Element introduces a biological approach to cognition, which highlights the significance
of allostatic regulation and the navigation of challenges and opportunities. It argues that …

Animal domestication was an important stage in the human history, which coincided with or
probably even promoted the advent of a turning point at which part of the humankind …

Highlights•Time budgets of equally raised and kept wolves and dogs differ less than
expected.•Season and time of day had similar effects on wolf and dog time budgets.•Human …

The domestication syndrome refers to a suite of traits characteristic of domesticated animals,
including neotenic aspects of morphology and behavior, increased docility, and reduced …

Prolactin (PRL) is a pleiotropic neurohormone secreted by the mammalian pituitary gland
into the blood, thus reaching many tissues and organs beyond the brain. PRL binds to its …