It has been said that a dog is a man’s best friend.
This might be true, but…..why. How was it that this particular animal developed such a special relationship with humans?
How did the domestication process take place, and where did it happen?
…and how is it that there are so many different breeds of dogs that call came from the same original source?
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Yesterday
The Paraguayan War (Encore)
In the 1860s, one of the bloodiest wars in the Western Hemisphere took place….and it wasn’t the US Civil War.
It was a war between Paraguay and an alliance of Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, and it was one of the bloodiest ever fought in Latin America.
It was a conventional wa ... Show More
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May 2022
Dogs, Personality, and Breed with Dr Jessica Hekman
Join Sarah as she discusses the recent paper “Ancestry-inclusive dog genomics challenges popular breed stereotypes” (Morrill, et al) with one of the authors and repeat podcast guest, Dr Jessica Hekman. Affectionately known as “the mutt paper” amongst its authors, this research ha ... Show More
1h 6m