Researchers have found that modern dog breeds carry significantly larger brains than ancient breeds that remain genetically closer to wolves, a pattern tied to centuries of selective breeding for ...

It seems the diversity of domestic dogs first began developing thousands of years before humans started intensely shaping modern breeds in the 19th century—challenging what we thought about canine ...

How much influence did humans really have on the enormous variety of today’s dog breeds? An analysis of dog skulls from the last 50,000 years brings surprising insights to light: As early as 11,000 ...

Source: SC Psychological Enterprises Ltd. According to new research out of Hungary and Sweden, the brain size of modern dog breeds is becoming larger. This is in comparison to more ancient breeds ...

Dog breeding is a huge, lucrative international enterprise, and there are clear problems in breeders’ efforts to produce dogs who suffer from any number of physical and emotional maladies to satisfy ...