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

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

New genetic research has identified the earliest-known dog, dating back 15,800 years, from a hunter-gatherer site in central ...

Learn how DNA from 14,200-year-old dogs shows they lived in Europe before farming and traces their ancestry to eastern wolves ...

Our best friends come in a fantastic array of shapes and sizes; a Borzoi looks nothing like a Boston terrier, except for a certain fundamental, ineffable (except to taxonomists) doggyness about them.

Hunting companion, alarm system, loyal partner? The history of dogs by our side may have begun much earlier than we long ...