Living alongside humans changed both how dogs behave and how they look. Research shows that domestic dogs developed a small ...

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

The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across ...

Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our ...

Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...

Dogs are often thought of as man's best friend, and it turns out that they may have been by humans' sides for far longer than ...