The discovery of the oldest ever dog DNA suggests they have been our best friends for nearly 16,000 years—5,000 years earlier ...
According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase ...
Two new studies suggest that genetically stable dogs were living among humans in Europe by about 14,000 years ago.
The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature's most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. The study, titled "Dogs ...
Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs using samples from ancient human sites across Europe, including a 15,800-year-old cave site called Pınarbaşı in Turkey ...
From village dogs to toy poodles to mastiffs, dogs come in an astonishing array of shapes, colours and sizes. Today there are estimated to be about 700 million dogs living with or around humans. To ...
Katharine Mershon examines how stories about human-dog relationships are actually very much about ourselves—​who's rescuing ...
Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs ...