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

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

How early did humans stop seeing wolves only as rivals and start living alongside the animals that would become dogs? A small ...

Dogs were widespread companions to Europe’s hunter-gatherer communities 15,800 years ago, new research has found, citing the ...

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

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

The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature's most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. The study, titled "Dogs ...

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

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

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

A new DNA study reveals 15,800-year-old dogs in Anatolia were buried like humans, showing early bonds and rapid spread across ...