Dogs already had much smaller brains than wolves 5,000 years ago, suggesting that life in early farming villages reshaped ...

Dogs have long been known to have smaller brains than the wolves they descended from. But when they started to shrink has been a matter of some debate. New research published in the journal Royal ...

Modern dog breeds haven’t quite caught up to the wolf when it comes to the size of their brains, but that size discrepancy is shrinking. The modern dog’s brain is growing larger, and it could be ...

A new study has pinpointed the start of significant brain size reduction in domestic dogs to around 5,000 years ago during the Late Neolithic. By comparing skull endocasts from ancient and modern dogs ...

Research offers insights into domestication of dogs but it remains unclear why they ended up with smaller brains than wolves ...