Humans have domesticated hundreds of animal and plant species for thousands of years.
Artwork, archeological finds, recorded accounts, and other primary sources can provide …

Grey wolf (Canis lupus) populations are beginning to increase globally after centuries of
decline. While protective legislations and policy implementations have been driving this …

Human–carnivore conflict is hampering carnivore conservation worldwide. Conflicts
between humans and wolves (Canis lupus) in western Iran, especially Hamedan province …

Hybridisation between a domesticated species and its wild ancestor is an important
conservation problem, especially if it results in the introgression of domestic gene variants …

Interspecific hybridization is an important evolutionary phenomenon that generates genetic
variability in a population and fosters species diversity in nature. The availability of large …

Previous scientific consensus saw human evolution as defined by adaptive differences
(behavioural and/or biological) and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the ultimate …

Hybridisation between wolves and dogs is increasingly reported in Europe. Nonetheless, no
systematic survey has ever been attempted at the continental scale. We made the first …

Anthropogenic hybridization is widely perceived as a threat to the conservation of
biodiversity. Nevertheless, to date, relevant policy and management interventions are …

Representing a form of anthropogenic hybridization, wolf–dog interbreeding may potentially
compromise the ecological and evolutionary traits of local wolf populations and corrode …

Abstract Background The African wolf, for which we herein recognise Canis lupaster
Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 (Symbolae Physicae quae ex Itinere Africam Borealem er …