Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000 years ago ...

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

According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase of the Old Stone Age, between 50,000 and 10,000 BP (Before Present). During ...

Two new studies suggest that genetically stable dogs were living among humans in Europe by about 14,000 years ago.

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

The dog, descended from an ancient wolf population separate from modern wolves, was the first animal domesticated by people, ...

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

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

New genetic research has identified the earliest-known dog, dating back 15,800 years, from a hunter-gatherer site in central ...

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

Learn more about the evolution of domesticated dogs from wolf to pug.

Wolves and humans were early competitors that both hunted in packs for large prey, shared ecological niches, and could kill each other. Debate exists over the exact origin of domesticated dogs, but ...