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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: Ancient wolf genome reveals an early divergence of domestic dog ancestors
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Ancient wolf genome reveals an early divergence of domestic dog ancestors. The genome from this ancient specimen, which has been radiocarbon dated to 35,000 years ago, reveals that the Taimyr wolf represents the most recent common ancestor of modern wolves and dogs. The DNA evidence also shows that modern-day Siberian Huskies and Greenland sled dogs share an unusually large number of genes with the ancient Taimyr wolf. The power of DNA can provide direct evidence that a Siberian Hu...
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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: December 2014
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Monday, December 1, 2014. More on paleolithic hunters and dogs at Predmosti. This year-round settlement also yielded a large number of canids remains, some of them with characteristics of Palaeolithic dogs. Were these animals used to help hunt mammoths? To answer these two questions, Tübingen researcher Hervé Bocherens and his international team carried out an analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in human and animal fossil bones from the site. Working with researchers from Brno and Brussel...
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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: Dogs can recognise emotions
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Thursday, December 8, 2016. Dogs can recognise emotions. For the first time, researchers have shown that dogs. Form abstract mental representations of positive and. Negative emotional states, and are not simply displaying. Learned behaviours when responding to the expressions. Of people and other dogs. Photo credit: University of. The researchers presented 17 domestic dogs with pairings of images and sounds conveying different combinations of positive (happy or playful) and negative (angry or aggressive)...
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Links Green Valley Canine
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The following is a list of websites you. Might find of interest:. The Animal League of Green Valley. The Dog House of Green Valley. Taste of the Wild Pet Food. Natural Balance Pet Food. International Association of Canine. Canine Good Citizen Program. The Monks of New Skete. Jan Fennell - the Dog Listener. Dog Care and Behavior Tips. Foods that are Dangerous to Dogs. Poisonous Toads and Your Dog. Our dogs, Black Jack (left, 1 yr old) and Bliss (6. Months old) in 2004. Years old) in 2015.
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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: August 2014
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Sunday, August 10, 2014. Hokkaido Island dogs and human diets 1500 YBP. Hokkaido Island dog today. One of the disadvantages of keeping dogs is their requirement for a high protein diet, placing them in competition with humans. On the other hand if dogs and humans are eating the same things it would suggest a reason for them to come together when food was plentiful. Feeding dogs would give the dogs a reason to follow hunters, and cooperate with humans. In a forthcoming paper Tsutaya et al. Mitchell propos...
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Rattlesnake Avoidance
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Don't be a statistic! Every dog owner who lives in rattlesnake country should be concerned for their dog's safety. Rattlesnakes are found almost everywhere in Arizona and snake awareness is a necessity to protect. Both you and your dog. A rattlesnake in your yard presents a real danger to you and especially your. Dog, as dogs tend to put their noses into everything. Until they are taught to avoid a rattlesnake, many. Dogs have no fear of them. Over the past 10 years we have trained. Stay away from the ra...
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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: July 2014
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Saturday, July 26, 2014. Free-ranging dogs in India, daily activity. Indian Pariah Dog, Central India. In a recent paper Majumder et al. Majumder SS, Chatterjee A, and Bhadra A. (2014). A dog’s day with humans–time activity budget of free-ranging dogs in India. Current Science. Thursday, July 24, 2014. When their owners showed affection toward a stuffed dog, the real puppies in the study responded by snapping or pushing the stuffed dog aside. This jealous streak only surfaced when owners were attendi...
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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: December 2016
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Thursday, December 8, 2016. Dogs and wolves MRCA 33,000 YBP. Dogs may be older than previously thought. The origin of dogs has inspired a lingering controversy in academia. Where and when did dogs first split off from wolves? One of the top dogs in this dispute, population genetics expert Peter Savolainen of Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology, isn't about to roll over. He hopes his latest research will finally settle the matter. But apparently, those researchers were thrown off the scent, accordi...
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Disinterested Affection: Dogs, Humans and Evolution: Bandicoots Are Naïve to Dogs
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Thursday, December 8, 2016. Bandicoots Are Naïve to Dogs. Historical coexistence with dingoes may explain bandicoot avoidance. Of domestic dogs.Photo credit: Narawan Williams; CCAL. Domestic dogs and cats were introduced to Tasmania two centuries ago, but bandicoots still fail to recognize these introduced predators as threats, according a study published September 7, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. By Anke Frank from University of Tasmania, Australia, and colleagues. Anke S. K. Frank, ...2016;...
