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Nearly half of Italy's wolves are part dog now, thanks to hybridization. Is that a threat to the species?

Between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago, a now-extinct population of wolves evolved into dogs, with a little help from humans.
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Your dog might be more wolf than you think

New research reveals that most modern dogs still carry small but significant traces of wolf DNA, shaping traits from size to smell. This genetic legacy stretches back thousands of years, with some ...
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We Now Know When Dog Brains Shrank – And It Might Be Our Fault

Still a good boy. (susaro/E+/Getty Images) Dogs have far smaller brains than their wolf relatives, and now a study led by ...

Scientists Think We’ve Been Shrinking the Brains of Dogs for Centuries

Scientists have long known that the brains of modern wolves are larger than dogs, but it’s unclear when the impact of ...