All the pups we love—from chihuahuas to great danes—are descendants of the mighty gray wolf. But how did we end up with <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dog-domestication-history/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">so many breeds?</a> The story that's often told is that dog diversity really took off with the Victorians in the 1800s, but new research is unleashing a different tale. Host Flora Lichtman talks with bioarchaeologist Carly Ameen about the diversification of dogs. Plus, a long-running experiment to <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dog-domestication-history/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">tame silver foxes</a> is cluing us into how domestication happens. Canine researcher Erin Hecht gives us a glimpse into the experiment and what it tells us about domesticated brains.Guests:Dr. Carly Ameen is a bioarcheologist and lecturer at the University of Exeter in England.Dr. Erin Hecht is an evolutionary biologist at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/dog-domestication-history/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">sciencefriday.com.</a>
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