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 ...

The dog, descended from an ancient wolf population separate from modern wolves, was the first animal domesticated by people, ...

When were dogs born? A new study sought to finally answer that age-old, burning ...

Humans and dogs have shared a loyal bond since the dawn of domestication, yet the specific when, where, and why of their ...

A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.

Two new ancient DNA studies suggest that domesticated dogs were widespread in western Eurasia more than 14,000 years ago ...

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

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Wolf bones unearthed on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea were ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day canines carry a small amount of wolf genes. A surprising study reveals that there ...

In her provocative new book, The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Dove Neanderthals to Extinction, Penn State paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman attributes the demise of Neanderthals around 40,000 ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...