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Dog Park Science: Part 1 — The Evolution of Dogs

In honor of my dog Piper, who had a very bad day recently when he got a huge fox-tail stuck in his nose, I’ve posted the audio of a talk I delivered a few weeks ago at The Exploratorium about the evolution of the domestic dog.

If you have ever wondered exactly how the ferocious wolf became the friendly dog listen to this short talk (34min).  There were no visuals accompanying the talk so don’t be shy.

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This was written by Alan. Posted on Monday, May 25, 2009, at 10:40 am. Filed under Exploratorium, Knowledge - Information - Scholarship, Submitted For Consideration. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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  1. Dog Park Science Part 2: The Neurobiology of Dog Training | Almost Scientific -- Almost Scientific -- The Ongoing Investigations of Alan Rorie on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 1:34 pm

    [...] the second of two talks on “Dog Park Science,” at the Exploratorium.  You can find the audio of the first talk here.  The two talks are on very different topics.  The first is on the evolution of the dog, while [...]

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