The dog, descended from an ancient wolf population separate from modern wolves, was the first animal domesticated by people, ...

Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our ...

They examined ancient genes from the remains of over 200 dogs and wolves. The oldest dated back to about 15,800 years ago, ...

The findings challenge prevailing domestication timelines in anthropology.

Humans and dogs have shared a loyal bond since the dawn of domestication, yet the specific when, where, and why of their ...

The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across ...

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to ...

Two new studies suggest that genetically stable dogs were living among humans in Europe by about 14,000 years ago.

Learn how DNA from 14,200-year-old dogs shows they lived in Europe before farming and traces their ancestry to eastern wolves ...

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age ...