Pets are far from a modern invention, or even medieval one. New DNA analysis shows that dogs were living alongside hunters and gatherers as far back as 15,800 years ago. People probably even exchanged ...

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

Scientists can’t paint a picture of exactly what the first dogs looked like, but think they resembled smaller wolves.

Living alongside humans changed both how dogs behave and how they look. Research shows that domestic dogs developed a small ...

Scientists have confirmed using full genome analysis that dogs were already living as human companions over 14,000 years ago.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chihuahuas have about 0.2 percent wolf ancestry, according to a new study. While that chihuahua might seem about as similar to a ...

One dog, known from bones found at the Pinarbasi rock shelter site in Turkey used by ancient human hunter-gatherers, is about ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

Dogs are often thought of as man's best friend, and it turns out that they may have been by humans' sides for far longer than ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware -- they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by US scientists, who were surprised to find ...