Europe’s first domesticated dogs arrived over 3,000 years earlier than we thought

Geneticists are pushing back the timeline of when people first domesticated dogs in Europe. Using the DNA from over 200 ...

Man's older friend: New study finds dogs lived with humans 5,000 years earlier than thought

Ancient DNA has revealed that domestic dogs lived alongside humans more than 15,000 years ago, reframing our understanding of ...

Ancient DNA reveals earliest known dogs lived alongside Ice Age humans

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 ...

Humans domesticated dogs before they learned farming, new study finds

According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase of the Old Stone Age, between 50,000 and 10,000 BP (Before Present). During ...
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Dogs have been living with humans since the last Ice Age, much longer than previously believed

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

Humans have been hanging out with dogs for even longer than we thought

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