Morphological and genetic evidence put dog domestication during the Paleolithic, sometime
between 40,000 and 15,000 years ago, with identification of the earliest dogs debated. We …

Dogs (Canis familiaris) are the first animals to be domesticated by humans and the only
ones domesticated by mobile hunter-gatherers. Wolves and humans were both persistent …

The dog is the only species that was domesticated before the origin of agriculture, when
human populations were living as hunter-gatherers. Two main scenarios explain the early …

Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the initial steps in the domestication
process of the wolf. We discuss the human-initiated model in which wolf pups were brought …

The site of Kostënki 21 (also known as Gmelin or Gmelinskaia) is located on the very edge
of the Don River at Kostënki (Voronezh Oblast, Russia). The main archaeological horizon …

I develop an understanding of the dingo's relationship with Aboriginal people through a
synthesis of historical, ethnographic, and archaeological literature and Indigenous …

The historically known relationship of interspecies companionship between Aboriginal
foraging communities in Australia and free-ranging dingoes provides a model for …

In Hidden Depths, Professor Penny Spikins explores how our emotional connections have
shaped human ancestry. Focusing on three key transitions in human origins, Professor …

The domestication of wolves is a topic of great interest. To date, the most accepted
hypotheses associate this phenomenon to the end of the Upper Palaeolithic, while many …

The recording of Canis familiaris specimens in archaeological sites of South America has
occurred with increasing regularity. In this scenario, this article discusses their economic and …