Dogs

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    Why Did the Ancients Bury Their Dogs like Family Members?

    Man’s best friend was also man’s first buried pet.Photograph by Pavlina Trauskeova / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . As a kid, when my pet turtle died we had a funeral—of course—and buried him in the backyard. When the family dog passed, his remains were cremated and placed […]
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    How We Really Tamed the Dog

    A daring experiment builds a new tame species in just 60 years.
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    Only Street Dogs Are Real Dogs

    Purebreds don’t satisfy the biological definition of a species.
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    If You Can’t Beat Diseases, Domesticate Them

    A tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) sucking blood from human skinMarco Uliana via Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . For most of our history, wolves have been a menace to humanity. Sharp teeth, raw speed, and pack coordination put us at serious risk. Their howls still send chills down […]