Man’s best friend

OGS have been man’s best friend for thousands of years, our loyal companions since the Stone Age. Now scientists at Sussex University, after conducting a study on 25 dogs, suspect they have found the root of the relationship – a dog understands his master’s voice.

Pet dogs process language in a similar way to humans, they say. Not only do they learn to spot the groups of consonants and vowels that make up spoken commands, they also notice emotional tone, intonation and volume changes that can influence meaning.

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