How Dogs (Eventually) Became Our Best Friends

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We’re still figuring out the details, but most scientists agree that it took thousands of years of interactions to develop our deep bond with dogs. When did they first become domesticated? Where did this happen? And what did the process look like, in terms of genetics and anatomy?

Special thanks to Jack Byrley (https://twitter.com/bedupolker), Velizar Simeonovski (http://wildnatureart.net/), David Howe (https://www.instagram.com/ethnocynology/), and Ettore Mazza (https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/) for providing us with excellent illustrations for this episode!

Additionally, big thanks to Salima Ikram,
Luc Janssens
, Robert Losey
, Sergey Fedorov
, Dave Stanton
, and Love Dalen their help providing us with images for this episode!

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