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.

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

A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.

Humans and dogs have shared a loyal bond since the dawn of domestication, yet the specific when, where, and why of their evolution from grey wolves has long been a mystery. However, new ...

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.

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

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 ...