The only reason that they exist is because of us humans. We have created all the domestic pets known today through the process of domestication. Domestic cats and dogs make the perfect pets thanks to ...

Variation in goat breeds evident at the 2010 Indiana State Fair demonstrates that while goats were among the first domesticated animals, the process is ongoing. Each breed has qualities favored by ...

Pangenomes are collections of annotated genome sequences of multiple individuals of a species. The structural variants ...

Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes ...

He said the process of dog domestication began when a population of wolves moved to the outskirts of hunter-gatherer camps to scavenge for leftovers. ''Those wolves that were tamer and less ...

The earliest archaeological evidence for viticulture and wine drinking was unearthed around 8,000 years ago in the Caucasus, but the origin of grapevine domestication has remained mysterious ...

It’s no secret that we love our animal friends. Research led by the Pet Food Manufacturers' Association shows that 62% of UK households owned some kind of pet in 2022. Animals have played an ...