Dogs have a very special bond with humans. They were the first mammal to be domesticated, and we have fashioned them into many different shapes and sizes to fulfil different roles. Wherever you find ...

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More than 3,000 years ago, in what is now Kazakhstan, six dogs were laid carefully in the ground. Were they beloved pets? Sacrifices, since they seem to have ritually arranged? No one can say for sure ...

They're known as man's best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — "dog" — is also a great linguistic mystery. "The most everyday, commonplace words ...