Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago.

According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase ...

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

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

Two studies published in Nature on March 25, 2026, have extracted and analyzed ancient DNA from more than 200 dog and wolf ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have ...

New DNA evidence from a puppy skull found in Turkey has revealed that dogs may have been domesticated by humans 5,000 years earlier than we previously thought.

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

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

Turns out, dogs have a way of choosing right.

If you’re one of the many Massachusetts residents sick with the flu right now, you may be distancing yourself from others to prevent the spread. But there is at least one close relation you don’t need ...