#morphological-diversity

[ follow ]
#dog-domestication
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago
Science

The origins of your dog's unique look may be older than you think

Most physical diversity in domestic dogs, including varied skull shapes, had already emerged by about 10,000–11,000 years ago, predating Victorian selective breeding.
fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago
Science

Dogs came in a wide range of sizes and shapes long before modern breeds

Early domestication rapidly produced major skull-shape diversity; Mesolithic and Neolithic dogs were already over half as morphologically varied as modern dogs.
[ Load more ]