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It is common knowledge that one dog year is seven human years, it is
how we all calculate our pet’s age by leila stein, Author at CapeTown ETC.
A new study has come up with
substantial evidence that this might not be true. 
Photo: Helena Lopes from Pexels
“In terms of how physiologically mature a 1-year-old dog is, a 9-month-old dog can have puppies. Right away, you know that if you do the math, you don’t just times seven,” says senior author Trey Ideker of the University of California, San Diego. “What’s surprising is exactly how old that one-year-old dog is – it’s like a 30-year old human.”
The authors explain that genetic evidence shows that puppies and younger dogs age faster than their older counterparts. This means their ages are not able to be uniformly calculated across their life span.
The new formula found for working out a dogs age is human age = 16 ln(dog age) + 31.
Source: CapeTown ETC
