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

A new genetic study published in Nature has traced the earliest known domestic dogs back 15,800 years, offering the oldest ...

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

Geneticists are pushing back the timeline of when people first domesticated dogs in Europe. Using the DNA from over 200 ...

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 ...

Ancient DNA from dogs and wolves has been analyzed to build a picture of when dogs were domesticated and how they evolved ...

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

Bones unearthed at several sites show that dogs were widely distributed across West Eurasia by at least 14,000 years ago.

Hunting companion, alarm system, loyal partner? The history of dogs by our side may have begun much earlier than we long ...

Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...