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 ...

Recent research highlights the profound connection between dogs and humans, tracing their domestication back 16,000 years. Using ancient DNA analysis, scientists confirmed a historically close ...

Dogs were the only domesticated animals present in Europe before agriculture.

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, ...

A recent study published in Nature shows that early dogs in Europe were not just widespread, but also travelled alongside ...