Two companion papers published in Nature have identified the oldest genomes ever recovered from domestic dogs, tracing a ...

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 close relationship between humans and dogs has been ongoing for more than 14,000 years, a new study has discovered.

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

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

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

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

An international investigation led by the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford has succeeded in establishing the oldest ...

Now, large DNA studies have shed light on the historic origins of our closest pets, creating a fable-like explanation for ...

When were dogs born? A new study sought to finally answer that age-old, burning ...

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age ...