Study Reveals Wolves Can Form Emotional Bonds with Humans

It was long believed that the ability of dogs to form strong emotional bonds with humans emerged only after their domestication around 15,000 years ago. However, a new study by Swedish researchers from Stockholm University challenges this theory. It turns out that wild wolves are also capable of deep affection. Wolves Can Love Humans A team of researchers raised wolf pups and domestic puppies from the age of 10 days to 23 weeks. All animals were kept close to humans from birth and raised in identical conditions. Subsequently, the scientists conducted a series of behavioral tests to understand how attachment forms in canids. The results were unexpected. Wolves, like dogs, can easily distinguish a familiar person from a stranger and seek to be near the one who cared for them from the earliest days. Moreover, this attachment was so strong that the human became a genuine stress reliever for the wolves.