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Ancient wolves may have self-domesticated by staying near humans for food scraps, gradually evolving into early dogs.

They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have become dogs in as little as 8,000 years.

The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

Researchers used mathematical models to show wolves could have turned into dogs by scavenging near human settlements over 15,000 years.

(Remember, both dogs and wolves evolved from a common ancestral wolf species ... dogs appear to retain certain traits associated with juvenile wolves, especially behavioral traits such as whining ...

The boys are taught wolf traits, especially an ear-splitting howl; and on the last day of camp, they take turns baying at the moon, while their proud parents look on, secure in the knowledge that ...