There's no question that humans have left an indelible mark on the world, but we're also inadvertently steering the evolution ...

has found evidence of humans domesticating avocados as far back as 7,500 years ago in what is now Honduras. Avocados grow naturally on tropical evergreen trees in parts of South and Central ...

People interpret a dog’s emotions based on its situation and have “a big blind spot” for the actual animal, a new study found. “When it comes to just perceiving dog emotions, we think we ...

"Our dogs are trying to communicate with us, but we humans seem determined to look at everything except the poor pooch himself," added Wynne, an ASU psychology professor who studies dog behavior ...

Disney fans probably remember the scene in the classic 1961 film “101 Dalmatians” in which the Dalmatian Pongo sits by a window, watching other dogs and their owners walk by outside.

“People were domesticating and cultivating their forests” long before they were planting crops in fields, said Amber VanDerwarker, a professor of anthropology at the University of ...