Fox domestication In the 1950s Soviet scientists set up an experiment on a farm outside the city of Novosibirsk to understand how animals were domesticated They decided to study foxes which are closely related to wolves and dogs More than 40 generations of foxes have now been bred in Novosibirsk and the results speak for themselves The foxes that the scientists bred selectively have become remarkably doglike They will affectionately run up to people and even wag their tails Time magazine The Secrets Inside Your Dog s Mind By Carl Zimmer Monday Sep 21 2009 Maybe add to article