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

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 papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—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 ...

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

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

A small fragment of bone, tucked away in a museum drawer for decades, has quietly shifted what is known about the long relationship between humans and.

The origins of how dogs became man's best friend across large swaths of the globe are becoming more clear. Dogs may have been ...

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to ...

New genetic research unveils the earliest-known domesticated dogs, tracing their origins to 15,800 years ago at the Pinarbasi ...

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