Humans have been hanging out with dogs for even longer than we thought Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago.

🐶 Who let the dogs in? And when?

Some great new research on early #dog #domestication and genetically fully distinct dogs about 14,000 years ago:

🏺 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... by @beebrookshire.bsky.social for @nationalgeographic.bsky.social

Scientists Identify the World's First Known Dog, Which Pushes Back the Animals' Genetic Record by About 5,000 Years Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000 years ago

Scientists Identify the World's First Known Dog, Which Pushes Back the Animals' Genetic Record by About 5,000 Years: Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000… @SmithsonianMag #Dogs #AncientDNA #Genetics #DogHistory #Domestication

Les chiens nous accompagnent depuis plus longtemps que nous le pensions De nouveaux travaux scientifiques révèlent que les chiens sont présents en Europe depuis près de 16 000 ans, soit bien avant ce que de précédentes recherches évaluaient.

Les chiens accompagnaient déjà l'homme en Europe il y a près de 16 000 ans, 5 000 ans plus tôt que prévu. Leur génétique montre un lien ancien avec les chasseurs-cueilleurs. #chiens #domestication #archéologie

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Cimarron de la chatte

Un Cimarron est un animal, souvent un cheval ou un âne, qui s'est échappé d'une domestication et vit à l'état sauvage. Ces animaux retrouvent leur instinct naturel et se reproduisent en milieu libre. #Cimarron #animal #sauvage #domestication #nature

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China doesn't need the West anymore

#China #expatriates #domestication

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Was seed color in early crops really chosen for aesthetics?
White seeds evolved repeatedly-not because humans preferred them, but because losing pigmentation reduced seed dormancy. Ecology, not intention, may have driven domestication. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#PlantScience #Domestication

Modern Cats Were Domesticated Only 2,000 Years Ago Ancient DNA reveals the origin and global spread of the domestic cat out of its ancestral home in Africa.

Modern Cats Were Domesticated Only 2,000 Years Ago

"Ancient DNA reveals the origin and global spread of the domestic cat out of its ancestral home in Africa."

#SciComm by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#cats #domestication #pets #AncientDNA grrlscientist.medium.com/modern-cats-...

Luckily we haven’t had the How to Operate the Washing Machine lesson yet
#domestication

TECHNOLOGY: Elinor Karlsson from @umasschan.bsky.social and @broadinstitute.org talks about new genomic approaches for exploring recent trait evolution in domestic pets at the 2026 AGBT General Meeting.

#AGBTGM26 #genomics #domestication

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Brainfood: Diversity of Sugarcane, Rice, Lentils, Olives, Sweetpotato, Cassava, Beans, Buckwheat, Pigeon pea, Landscapes The genomic footprints of wild Saccharum species trace domestication, divers...

#Archaeology #Brainfood #Breeding #DNA #Domestication #Genebanks #Genetic #diversity […]

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Brainfood: Diversity of Sugarcane, Rice, Lentils, Olives, Sweetpotato, Cassava, Beans, Buckwheat, Pigeon pea, Landscapes The genomic footprints of wild Saccharum species trace domestication, divers...

#Archaeology #Brainfood #Breeding #DNA #Domestication #Genebanks #Genetic #diversity […]

Regulation of cyanogenic glucosides in wild and domesticated Eusorghum taxa This study presents evidence that the ability to maintain high leaf cyanogenic glucoside concentrations into maturity might have arisen in sorghum's crop wild relatives, rather than during domesticat...

This paper of ours is not getting read as much as expected - it tests whether people domesticated #sorghum that was already high #cyanide or selected for cyanide during #domestication (it’s the former) - Classic case of a misleading title 😞 🪴🌾🌱
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Have you read about how (I think) in the USSR? #domestication of #wild #predators and noted #evolution of predatory figures, gave birth l to friendly, cuties, right before their eyes, within three generations. But again, we are not animals. .We can't associate humans to animals, apples to oranges,

Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends? Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were found to be thousands of years old, and bore multiple signs of living…

Were Ancient Wolves And Bronze Age Humans Each Other’s Friends?

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#Wolf🐺 #StoraKarlsö #Sweden🇸🇪 #Anthropology #fossils #Ecology #Genomics🧬 #Domestication grrlscientist.medium.com/were-ancient...

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Domestication of wild pears in Europe, with specific emphasis on the Caucasian endemic pear Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz Cultivated pears are economically one of the most important fruits in temperate regions. Two separate taxonomic groups are distinguished, a European and Southwest Asian group, and an East Asian gro...

#Domestication of #wild pears in Europe, with specific emphasis on the Caucasian endemic #pear #Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica.
To rediscover one of our most read #review articles in JHSB 99:1, visit: buff.ly/3Lxv8ol

#breeding #conservation #Caucasus #landraces

“Man Meets Dog” by Konrad Lorenz #booksky 💙📚 #pets #dogs #domestication #animalbehavior #ethology #classics #mustread #books

MEZOPOTAMYA UYGARLIKLARINDA KEDİLER youtu.be/ipRtFk6JNso

#domestication #humananimalrelations #ancientdailylife #granaries #grainstorage #rodentcontrol #fertilecrescent #uruk #ur #nippur #nineveh #babylongate #etemenanki #ziggurat #mezopotamya #sümer #akad #babil #tarih #arkeoloji #kedi #mirkca

MEZOPOTAMYA UYGARLIKLARINDA KEDİLER youtu.be/ipRtFk6JNso

#ancientcats #felinehistory #wildcat #domestication #humananimalrelations #dailylifeinantiquity #ancientdailylife #granaries #grainstorage #rodentcontrol #fertilecrescent #uruk #ur #nippur #nineveh #babylongate #etemenanki #ziggurat

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#cats #domestication #pets #animals

📢 #CallForPapers 📢

✍️ #UrbanStudies invites theoretically ambitious work on #wildness, #domestication, #natality, and urban #vitality. This theme seeks new ways of thinking the #city as a field of forces shaping desire, encounter, and new forms of life.

🔗 Details: buff.ly/kYiWElV

Traits improvement of wild rice O. rufipogon via multiplex genome editing Multiplex genome editing of seven genes for the rapid improvement of target traits in wild rice Oryza rufipogon produced lines with enhanced agronomic traits, including erect plant architecture, shor....

🌾#Rice is an important #FoodSecurity #crop, but #domestication has eliminated many valuable #genes found in its wild ancestors.

✂️Multiplex gene editing hopes to reverse this problem--and Tian et al. give us a sneak peek!

👀 doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@WileyLifeSci
#PlantScience

The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments.…

How and when did domestic cats conquer the world? 🐈 The aDNA study recently published in Science tells a fascinating story about the human-mediated dispersal of our purring furry friends.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #paleogenomics #cats #zooarcheology #domestication

Mantua (Italy) - Burial of a Man and his Dog - 7.000 ybp (the so-called Sirius and Orion)

With the Neolithic, dogs became essential partners: guardians, hunters, draft animals, village companions. Their bones reflect human needs and an ancient collaboration that shaped both species.
#Neolithic #Domestication

Come hang out with us in India next year, let's talk #archaeology and #domestication in Central/Inner Asia!!!! Deadline for abstracts are Feb. 15th, 2026. #INQUA2027