Dogs have been by our side for 16,000 years, and more...

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New research confirms that dogs were the first animal to form a domestic relationship with humans, dating back to the end of the last Ice Age almost 16,000 years ago.


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New research confirms that dogs were the first animal to form a domestic relationship with humans, dating back to the end of the last Ice Age almost 16,000 years ago.


PLUS:


  • Constructing shelters out of Martian soil may be possible with bacterial help
  • Male-on-male cricket 'twerking' and 'booty bumping' is not a case of mistaken identity
  • Narrowing down potential alien signals from 12 billion to 100, thanks to SETIĀ 
  • Researchers find a brain switch in mice to turn a deadbeat dad into a doting one
2026-03-27 54 min
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