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.

Brian Hare began studying dog intelligence as an undergraduate at Emory University in the 1990s, after realizing that Oreo, his Labrador retriever, had a remarkable ability. Unlike other animals, even ...

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

Paleolithic humans domesticate dogs and spread them across Eurasia Ancient DNA shows dogs accompanied hunter‑gatherers across ...

All modern-day pooches, from beefy Newfoundlands to scrawny Salukis, are descended from an ancient population of domesticated gray wolves. Despite the 20,000 or so years that have passed since, a new ...

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Dogs were widespread companions to Europe’s hunter-gatherer communities 15,800 years ago, new research has found, citing the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Wolves and dogs don’t normally breed in the wild, largely because wolves are so territorial. But an exception has been found. While wild dog-wolf ...