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

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

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

The discovery of a canine jawbone in a cave in southern England suggests that dogs were domesticated 5,000 years earlier than ...

Bones unearthed at several sites show that dogs were widely distributed across West Eurasia by at least 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 ...

Dogs are the earliest known animals to be both tamed and separated from their wild relatives over generations by humans. This process is known as domestication. It has long been thought that dogs were ...

DNA analysis, radiocarbon dating, and advanced measuring techniques are helping scientists learn where dogs came from and when they became our best friends. Our relationship with dogs goes back tens ...