Knowledge to Go – Evening at the Museum: Wolves and Dogs

Name: Knowledge to Go – Evening at the Museum: Wolves and Dogs
Start: 2026-11-12T17:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-12T18:00:00.000Z
Location: Naturhistorisches Museum der UZH

Lecture on the domestication of wolves and dogs and their evolution as human companions.

Date

Thursday 12 November

18:00 – 19:00

Venue

Naturhistorisches Museum der UZH

Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, Zürich

Price

Price on organiser’s site

Language

German

About

Automatically translated from German

Dr Gwendolyn Wirobski explains how wild ancestors of wolves and dogs became close human companions. The lecture covers how domestication shaped the cognitive and social abilities of dogs and the role of environment and experience. Current research on wolf social behaviour in zoos and the wild, as well as their adaptation to human-dominated habitats, will also be presented. The talk is in German.

Organiser · Naturhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich

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