April 15, 2005

Clever Canines

By COLIN WOODARD

Did domestication make dogs smarter?

Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Adam Miklósi, a research fellow in the department of ethology at Loránd Eötvös University, in Hungary, about how well dogs are able to communicate with people.

Vilmos Csányi's department has literally gone to the dogs. Canines have the run of the place, greeting visitors in the hall, checking up on