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

Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia. Tens of thousands of ...

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

A new genetic study published in Nature has traced the earliest known domestic dogs back 15,800 years, offering the oldest ...

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

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

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

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

An international team of researchers led by the Francis Crick Institute, the University of East Anglia and the Max Planck ...

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

In the 21st century, it is difficult for many to imagine their beloved pets as wild predators, roaming free and potentially posing a threat to communities. While it was originally thought that it was ...