The Claim: Some Dogs Look Like Their Owners
Best friends they may be, but are man and dog so entwined that they tend to take after one another in appearance?
It is one of those eternal, quirky questions, at least for dog owners. But only recently have scientists taken a close look in actual studies.
In 2004, researchers in San Diego found that subjects in a study were able to correctly match pictures of dog owners with their pets more often than not, but only when the dogs were purebreds. Simple traits like hair and size played a smaller role than things like facial expressions.
Read more at: NY TIMES
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